In a message dated 9/6/2003 12:03:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Building permit documentation here begins only in 1904. Christopher, Nice piece. What you wrote, I mean. If the lack of architectural records in Nebraska makes you feel bad, I was told in 1976 while doing research that some genius at the Arizona State Board of Architects threw out all of their records on architects who died before 1960. Ralph