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The Blount Building is located on the corner of Palafox Place and Garden Street in the downtown historic district.
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The building dominates the first block of Palafox Place with the three-story addition alongside of the seven story main structure.
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The building is typical of the Chicago style of commercial architecture. New technology and materials produced the skeleton-framed skyscraper.
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These buildings like classical columns had a base consisting of the lower two stories, a main shaft in which vericality was emphasized by piers between the widows and an elaborate and boldly projecting terra-cotta cornice.
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In this northern view, the new Federal Courthouse can be seen on the left in front of the spires of St. Michael Church.
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The windows are characteristic of the commercial style. As in the Blount Building, the Chicago window was composed of a large fixed central pane flanked by two narrow casements that provided ventilation. Large display windows occupy the gound-floor level.
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A view to the south shows the first block of Palafox Place.