Architecture
The Reagan Birthplace is similar to most of the commercial buildings along Tampico's Main Street. It is brick, two-stories tall, has three second story windows and a cornice. Only the area's oldest buildings differ from the Reagan Birthplace's metal cornices and flat headed windows.
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Famous quotes containing the word architecture:
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—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
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—John Ruskin (1819–1900)