{"product_id":"vtg-1903-plaque-bridge-highway-butler-pa-cast-iron-antique-history-sign-lafayett","title":"Vtg 1903 Plaque Bridge Highway Butler Pa Cast iron Antique History Sign Lafayett","description":"\u003cp\u003eVtg 1903 Plaque Bridge Highway Butler Pa Cast iron Antique History Sign Lafayette building or maybe pullman standard railroad company!    pretty cool piece of history!!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey constructions and openings in 1903 included:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard Steel Car Company Plant: Opened in 1903, this \"state of the art\" factory was designed to build all-steel railroad cars on the first standardized assembly line of its kind in the world. It eventually became a massive industrial complex, contributing to Butler's reputation as a manufacturing hub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eButler County National Bank (Lafayette Building): This six-story building, considered Butler's first \"skyscraper,\" was completed in 1903. Designed in the French Renaissance Revival style, it initially housed the bank and the city's post office (from 1903 to 1913) and now serves as the Lafayette Apartments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyndora Worker Housing: To support the rapid influx of laborers for the new steel plant, the company built one hundred frame flats almost overnight during the winter of 1902–1903. This community was named Lyndora after the daughter of one of the company founders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThorn Run Dam: Completed in late October 1903, the Butler Water Company built this dam to address the town's surging water consumption, which had more than doubled due to the new steel plant and population growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst United Methodist Church: This historic church building on West North Street was also built in 1903.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: \" roboto=\"\" condensed sans-serif font-style:=\"\" italic background-color:=\"\" rgb\u003eMcClung, Robert,\u003c\/b\u003e b. 1840, d. 1905, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eselling as pictured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore than welcome to pick up at shop in butler pa \u0026amp; save shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e031526 cg\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cyclewarehouse.online","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680229544098,"sku":"plaque 1903    031526","price":249.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0335\/9824\/2861\/files\/img4645_e95acfba-4277-429a-ad55-cf1ac06a7574.jpg?v=1773750887","url":"https:\/\/cyclewarehouse.online\/products\/vtg-1903-plaque-bridge-highway-butler-pa-cast-iron-antique-history-sign-lafayett","provider":"cyclewarehouse.online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}