In the post-World War II years an effort was made to modify the then-popular International style by retaining at least a few references to the earlier Beaux-Arts Classical tradition. One design device, exemplified in the Emmet County Courthouse, was to attach loosely a repetitive pilastered porch to what otherwise was a neutral Modern box. Other
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