Monday, June 03, 2013

Stockholm Village Hall


Our favorite one-day road trip runs along the Mississippi River on the Wisconsin side.  Stockholm is a small village (year-round population is 66)  with a big history.  The Village Hall is Stockholm's first concrete building that was erected in 1912 as Martin Larson's grain and livestock brokerage office.  Far and away the wealthiest man in town, Larson also owned Stockholm's first automobile and sold Reos and Fords.  On his death in 1917, the village purchased the office building for its public meetings.  The facade is a startling bright lemon yellow with bright blue trim. . . quite a sigh but quite Swedish!


1906:REO-(Credit for image: http://jliptrap.us/Reo.htm) 

17 comments:

  1. Truly Swedish impressions!

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  2. Funny to have a place called Stochholm. For a moment I thought you were in Sweden!

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  3. I love day trips. I bet this one would be fun on a nice sunny day riding in that 1906 REO. Blue and yellow go great together also.

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  4. Eye catching colors! A nice find.

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  5. Sounds like a little touch of Sweden right in your neighborhood.

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  6. It is always fun to see what you are going to show us each day. Love the variety, Kate.

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  7. that's very swedish! :)

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  8. Two of my favourite colour combinations Kate and I absolutely love that little car, cars these days are soooo boring :)

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  9. It's so fun to explore. The building and car colors match.

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  10. Yah, vell, it's shore a purdy sight! Tak sa mycka!

    Come visit at http://landlfotos.com/blog

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  11. La voiture commence à perdre un peu d'huile, mais vu son age, on lui pardonne.

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  12. Now, that was one proud Swede! Great colors.

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  13. The village hall looks like it could be an ice cream parlor.

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  14. What wonderful colors!

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  15. A little village tons of character, it seems!

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