In this variation of the PWA Moderne, the pilasters are of the same brick as the surrounding walls, and it is their vertical grooves which read most intensely. Stylized capitals surmount each of the pilasters, and they in turn are dropped down from a narrow horizontal terracotta band.
If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.
SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.
