Over recent weeks there has been a steady influx of newly discovered and documented buildings with Mesker components in Pennsylvania, such that it has been impossible to post this customary celebration in the category of "states with at least 100 Meskers." At least until the new discoveries have been cataloged. Things seem to have leveled …
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Mesker #2,000 came in December, 2011, #3,000 in June, 2013, and #4,000 in June, 2015. Three years later and fourteen years since the launch of the 'got mesker?' initiative through the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (now the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office in the Department of Natural Resources), the 5,000th building with Mesker-manufactured components has …
This recent discovery in York, Pennsylvania, is thanks to the National Register of Historic Places database. As more nominations get uploaded from other states, it will be a great research tool. The listing erroneously attributes the facade to George L. Mesker & Co., when in fact it was made by Mesker Brothers Iron Works. It …
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