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Calvert Manor, Arlington Calvert Manor, a Moderne apartment building in Arlington, was designed and built in 1948 by architect Mihran Mesrobian. 📷 Rosenthal, James W., creator (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #StreamlineModerne #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 Mesrobian designed Calvert Manor and was also its builder and owner, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. (Sources: Wikipedia, Calvert Manor; photo record)

Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island 📷 Dewey, William B., creator (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #StreamlineModerne #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 For the 1940 season, Diego Rivera painted his Pan Am Unity fresco for the exposition held in this building. (Sources: Wikipedia, Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts; photo record)

Billings Senior High School Built in 1939 with Public Works Administration funds, the school opened in 1940 in Billings, Montana. 📷 Chevsapher (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #StreamlineModerne #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 Among its notable alumni is Bud Luckey, a noted animator for Pixar Animation. (Sources: Wikipedia, Billings Senior High School; photo record)

Former Greyhound Station, Baltimore This Streamline Moderne bus station stands at 601 N. Howard Street in Baltimore, Maryland. 📷 Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #StreamlineModerne #ArtDeco #architecture

Atlanta Constitution Building, Atlanta Atlanta Constitution Building, a 1947 art moderne landmark designed by Robert and Company, once housed the Atlanta Constitution newspaper. 📷 Warren LeMay from Cincinnati (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #StreamlineModerne #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 A 72-foot bas-relief by Julian Harris depicting the "History of the Press" was moved to a MARTA station after the building was abandoned in 1972. (Sources: Wikipedia, Atlanta Constitution Building; photo record)

Modern Diner, Pawtucket The Modern Diner in Pawtucket, R.I., built 1940 by John B. Judkins Co., is one of few surviving Sterling Streamliner diners, styled like a 1934 silver locomotive. 📷 Carol M. Highsmith (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #StreamlineModerne #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 It was the first diner ever listed on the National Register of Historic Places, added in 1978. (Sources: Wikipedia, Modern Diner; photo record)

Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank, Minneapolis This 1942 Art Deco bank in downtown Minneapolis, at 6th and Marquette, is now a Westin Hotel. 📷 This file was contributed to Wikimedia Common (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 Its entrance is framed by bold relief sculptures of a farmer and a mechanic, designed by Warren T. Mosman, who headed the sculpture department at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. (Sources: Wikipedia, Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank (1942); photo record)

Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928, was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr. as the seat of city government. 📷 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1261.phot (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 City Hall remains the tallest base-isolated structure in the world, retrofitted from 1998 to 2001 with 416 rubber bearings so it can sustain a magnitude 8.2 earthquake with minimal damage. (Sources: Wikipedia, Los Angeles City Hall; photo record)

Tyson United Methodist Church Tyson United Methodist Church in Versailles, Indiana, was built in 1937 in the Art Deco style, photographed here in 2019. 📷 Warren LeMay from Cullowhee (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 The church is sheathed in white glazed brick and terra cotta and topped by a tall, open lattice work spire of cast aluminum. (Sources: Wikipedia, Tyson United Methodist Church; photo record)

David City Municipal Auditorium David City Municipal Auditorium in David City, Nebraska, photographed from the northeast on October 29, 2011. 📷 Ammodramus (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 No verified historical fact available: the supplied Wikipedia source describes a different building (Riverside Municipal Auditorium, California), not David City Municipal Auditorium, Nebraska. (Sources: Wikipedia, Riverside Municipal Auditorium; photo record)

May Company Building, Los Angeles This 1930s May Company department store on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile was built in Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style. 📷 Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 The building, once part of the LACMA campus, was slated to become the future home of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, opening in 2019. (Sources: Wikipedia, May Company Building (Los Angeles); photo record)

Hall of Transportation, Golden Gate Intl Exposition Built for the 1939–40 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, this hall rose in the fair's custom 'Pacifica' Art Deco style. 📷 Dewey, William B., creator (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 During the fair, Pan American Airways flew Boeing B-314 flying boats from Treasure Island, with the hop to or from Hawaii taking 16 to 20 hours. (Sources: Wikipedia, Golden Gate International Exposition; photo record)

Mail, Baggage, and Express Building Part of LA Union Station, opened May 1939, designed by father-son architects John and Donald Parkinson. 📷 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1458.phot (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 In 1948, the Santa Fe's Super Chief lost its brakes entering the station, smashed through a wall, and ended up dangling over Aliso Street; no one was injured. (Sources: Wikipedia, Los Angeles Union Station; photo record)

Club Moderne, Anaconda Club Moderne is a 1937 Streamline Moderne bar in Anaconda, Montana, designed by architect Fred F. Willson. 📷 Jet Lowe (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 The bar was chosen as "America's Favorite Historic Bar" in a 2016 contest, but was heavily damaged by fire that same year on October 3. (Sources: Wikipedia, Club Moderne; photo record)

San Pedro United States Post Office, Los Angeles This Streamline Moderne post office in San Pedro was built in 1936, designed by Louis A. Simon with Gordon Kaufmann and W. Horace Austin. 📷 Sony 1992 (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 The building includes a mural titled Mail Transportation, painted in 1938 by Fletcher Martin for the Section of Painting and Sculpture. (Sources: Wikipedia, United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles); photo record)

Hiawatha, Kansas National Guard Armory This Hiawatha, Kansas armory at 108 N. 1st Street serves the Kansas Army National Guard; photographed from the northeast, 2015. 📷 Ammodramus (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 In 1918, Kansas Army National Guard Lieutenant Erwin R. Bleckley was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, becoming the first National Guard aviator to earn it and one of only three in the 20th century. (Sources: Wikipedia, Kansas Army National Guard; photo record)

Pan-Pacific Auditorium Built 1935 in LA's Fairfax District, this Streamline Moderne hall by Wurdeman & Becket was the city's top indoor event venue for 35+ years. 📷 Pavel Dvorak (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

📜 Elvis Presley performed there in 1957 shortly before being drafted into the Army, and Eisenhower drew a crowd over 8,500 in 1952. (Sources: Wikipedia, Pan-Pacific Auditorium; photo record)