Sturges-Young Civic Auditorium, exterior with stone façade

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Notes:

Exterior view of sign and entrance to Sturges-Young Civic Center and Auditorium on 201 North Nottawa Street, Sturgis, Michigan. Stone façade features a raised relief of a harp, drama masks, laurel leaves, a banjo and a ribbon. The event center was built in 1955 by a Fort Wayne architect Alvin M. Strauss. The event center is named after Clara and Stella Sturges and Emma Young.

Date Created:

1957-08-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Collection:

14 photos in event - 7520

Place:

Kalamazoo; Michigan

Subject Topic:

Miller-Davis Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Midcentury modern (Architecture), Public buildings--Michigan--Sturgis, and Relief (Sculpture), American

Rights:

Copyright 2018 by Western Michigan University, all rights reserved. For additional permissions and further information contact the Western Michigan University Libraries: lib-dc@wmich.edu

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https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/WMUwmu~29~29~1112442~159588