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Fox House
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The brick, Italianate style Fox House hotel in Columbus. There are brackets under the overhang and a large belvidere. A sign on the building advertises Coca-Cola and "Welk's Palace of Sweets." There are automobiles on the street.
1925
Cole, Harry Ellsworth, 1861-1928
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W012PA7
WHi 66901
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