{"id":143013,"date":"2021-05-19T23:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T04:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143013"},"modified":"2021-05-19T23:21:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T04:21:14","slug":"signs-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/signs-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety of designs&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Old-building-facade-5-2021-506x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Old-building-facade-5-2021-506x800.jpg 506w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Old-building-facade-5-2021-379x600.jpg 379w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Old-building-facade-5-2021.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>The Van Wert Forward and Alexander &amp; Bebout teams are removing the unsafe aluminum canopy and the faux facade of The Kauke &amp; McCurdy Block (also known as The Oddfellows Building), unveiling the eclectic historical facade of this multi-storefront building. The cast-iron beams and transom windows pay homage to late 1860s construction of the 100-103 E. Main St. storefronts (above), while the Art Deco storefronts of 105-107 E. Main St. (below) showcase the historical mid-century flair.<\/strong><em>Independent and submitted photos<\/em><\/strong> <em>photos by Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bootery-and-Bradys-signs-5-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bootery-and-Bradys-signs-5-2021.jpg 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bootery-and-Bradys-signs-5-2021-550x303.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Van Wert Forward and Alexander &amp; Bebout teams are removing the unsafe aluminum canopy and the faux facade of The Kauke &amp; McCurdy Block (also known as The Oddfellows Building), unveiling the eclectic historical facade of this multi-storefront building. The cast-iron beams and transom windows pay homage to late 1860s construction of the 100-103 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 02:10:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}