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Plainfield Messenger

Location

Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1921

Page

5

The Pension Office Building: A Massive Washington Brick Edifice

The Pension Office Building in Washington is described as the largest brick structure in the world. Built with 15,500,000 bricks, it spans 400 by 200 feet, four stories high with 175 rooms, and features eight 75 foot columns. Opened in 1885, it memorializes Civil War service and houses pension records and the employees of the Pension Bureau. The building’s corridor held 18,000 people for inaugural balls, and yearly pension disbursements exceed 165 million dollars for about 748,147 pensioners.

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Plainfield Whos Who And Whats What

Community notices and personal items list out of town visitors, family updates, sales ads and social happenings in Plainfield. Entries include for sale posts for a Jersey bull and farm animals, plus local visits, theater attendance, and church society gatherings reflecting a bustling midwestern town social page.

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