Here is an intriguing postcard of Lookout Mountain...the postmark is 1914*.
Two men are standing on their own little 'summit' while the 'Lookout Mountain Inn' is off in the distance.
postcard/ebay
above: The next thing that caught my eye was 'Home Office: 1103 Story Building'. Why is this address on a Lookout Mtn. postcard?
(I am going to go back and try to find the reverse side of the pc...perhaps there's an explanation on the back).
below: The address led me to the Walter P. Story Building on the southeast corner of 6th & Broadway (photo dated 1930).
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...ner-m3353.html
above: The Story Building, at 11 stories, is as high as any building can go in 1908 (year of it's construction).
Notice that the 'Home Office' on the postcard is on the top floor (suite #1103) of this marvelous building.
below: Details of the W.P. Story Building show 'zigzag' art deco ornament.
This makes me think the building had undergone a remodeling sometime in the distant past.
(1908 is way too early for
art deco...and the decoration doesn't seem organic enough to be
art nouveau, an earlier art movement)
Notice the 'Stop' and 'Slow' brass lettering embedded in the sidewalk/driveway.
http://decoarchitecture.tumblr.com/p...alifornia-from
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0269/
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0269/
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0269/
below: A contemporary look at the exquisitely decorated upper stories of the W.P. Story Building showing the eleventh floor
(home of suite #1103 that appears on the Lookout Mtn. postcard).
http://www.you-are-here.com/broadway/story.html
*While searching for additional information on the 1914 postcard, I discovered that it was originally posted on this thread by 3940dxer (David).
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6482
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