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	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>home page thumbnails</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/home-page-thumbnails</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:18:39 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

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		<title>nowhere collab</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/nowhere-collab</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:44:30 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

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Nowhere Collaborative is a full-service architecture firm that challenges the typical boundaries and limitations of architectural practice.&#38;nbsp;

NW Collaborative is a place-based and hyper-local practice where design interventions of all scales result in positive impacts in the community.

NW Collaborative identifies and/or creates the development entity for projects that catalyze equitable development.

NW Collaborative deploys “now + here” initiatives - short, temporary activities or site activations - to test development ideas and activate spaces.

NW Collaborative engages a common-sense approach to projects and development:Employs incremental development principles as a logical and realistic step-by step economic development process.
Champions sustainable and resilient building and site design practices.


Catherine Baker, FAIAfounded Nowhere Collaborative in 2022 to address small-scale community-based projects and developments that may be overlooked by the architectural profession; either due to the size or location of the project, small or insufficient fees, or lack of access or awareness to the skills an architect can bring to solving spatial problems. The firm’s work addresses sustainability and incremental development within community-based design in a place-based context.

NW Collaborative is a woman-owned business and seeks to support and promote equity, diversity, inclusion, and economic benefits to the community in all projects.


Professional Experience
	2022 + &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;
2002-2022 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp; 
1994-2002 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;
19931990-1992 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;
	Nowhere Collaborative&#38;nbsp;
Landon Bone Baker Architects
Landon/Bone Architects
Midland Studio
Eastlake Studio
	Founder
Partner
Designer/Architect
Designer
Designer
 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;
License
NCARB Certified
Illinois
Indiana


Education
	1993 &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;

	 MA, Social Sciences&#38;nbsp;

	University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois


	1990 

	Bachelor of Architecture
	Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Teaching Experience&#38;nbsp;
	2022 +
2017-2019
2012, 2013

2009
1999-2009

	IIT - Graduate Design Studio
IIT - Professional Practice
SAIC - Graduate Design Studio
IIT - Graduate Design Studio
Marwen &#38;nbsp;/ Lane Tech High School
	Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Prof / Co-Teacher
Visiting Assistant Professor
Visiting Assistant Professor Architecture Program Teacher
&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;
Mentor

	2010-2019
1999-2019
1999-2019
	LBBA Labs
Newhouse Competition
Marwen Art at Work
	Program Creator / Director
Workshop Coord &#38;amp; Juror



Recognition
2025
	 Chicago Women in Architecture

	Breaking Glass Award
	2020&#38;nbsp;
	 AIA

	Fellowship
2019
	 Ball State University, College of Architecture &#38;amp; Planning

	Distinguished Alumni2018&#38;nbsp;
	 Chicago Tribune

	Chicagoans of the Year (Peter Landon, Jeff Bone &#38;amp; Catherine Baker)2016
	 AIA Chicago

	Presidential Citation for Tiny Homes Competition2014
	 AIA Chicago

	Firm Award (Landon Bone Baker Architects)2014
	Chicago Women in Architecture
	40th Anniversary, Women Building Change
Boards
2025

	CWA Foundation

	Board of Directors2024+

	Landmarks Illinois

	Board of Directors
	2018

	AIA Chicago 

	Board of Directors, President


	2017
	AIA Chicago
	President-Elect/Vice President

	2012-2018
	AIA Chicago
	Board of Directors

	2017
	AIA Chicago Foundation
	Ex-Officio

	2014-2016
	AIA Chicago
	Vice President for Advocacy

	2012-2017
	Chicago Asthma Consortium
	Board Member

	2017+
	Ball State University, College of Architecture &#38;amp; Planning
	Executive Advisory Board Member

	2014
	Ball State University, College of Architecture &#38;amp; Planning
	Alumni Society Board President

	2012-2014
	Ball State University, College of Architecture &#38;amp; Planning
	Alumni Society Board Member

Select Talks/Lectures
2025


	701 CCAColumbia, SC
	“Inclusive Design and Equitable Development”&#38;nbsp;2024


	Chicago Architecture CenterChicago, Illinois
	“Architects on Housing Solutions,” Panelist2024


	Chicago Architecture Center + Villa AlbertineChicago, Illinois
	“In Search of the Missing Middle: Strategies for Building Mid-Sized, Medium-Density Housing,” Panelist
Night of Ideas2024


	University of Kentucky, College of DesignLexington, Kentucky
	“Housing Now,” Panelist2023


	MAS Context
Chicago, Illinois
	Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 20232020

	AIA Iowa Spring Conference
Virtual Meeting, Keynote
	“LBBA Labs - Informing Affordable Housing Design,”&#38;nbsp;
	2019

	Commons and Communites
Copenhagen, Denmark&#38;nbsp;

	“Equitable Design Principles,” Panelist
2016

	Habitat III
Quito, Ecuador 

	“Building Better Environments: Design, Health, and Resilience,” Panelist
2016

	National Housing Conference: Solutions for Housing Communications 2016&#38;nbsp;
New York City, New York
	“The Role of Design in Community Acceptance,” Speaker2016

	Tiny Homes Summit: New Solutions for Youth Homelessness
Chicago, Illinois
	“Architects on the Design of Tiny Homes Discussion,” Panelist2015

	2015 Public Interest Design InstituteDallas, Texas
	“Case Study ‘The Stuff’ in Between Architecture,” Speaker2014

	Ball State Unversity, College of Architecture &#38;amp; Planning, Muncie, Indiana 

	Commencement Address
Recent Volunteer

2025

	AIA SF Design Awards

	Juror2024

	Town of Boswell, IN

	Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee
	2023

	Chicago Architecture Center
Come Home Design Competition

	Juror

	2023+
	AIA Housing &#38;amp; Community Development Knowledge Community
	Advisory Group

	2023
	AIA National Housing Awards
	Jury Chair

	2022+
	AIA Chicago
	Fellowship Committee, Chair

	2022
	AIA Chicago
	A’22 AIA Chicago Lounge Committee Co-Chair

	2022
	AIA Chicago Foundation, Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award
	Juror

	2021-2023
	City of Chicago Dept. of Planning &#38;amp; Development
	Committee on Design

	2021+
	Landmarks Illinois
	DEI Collaborative

	2021
	Landmarks Illinois,&#38;nbsp;
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards

	Juror, &#38;nbsp;Awards Presenter
2019-2021
	Landmarks Illinois
	50th Anniversary Taskforce2019-2021
	AIA National
	New Urban Agenda Taskforce





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		<title>Studio/Office</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/Studio-Office</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:24:24 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

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Studio / Office


	Location:Status: &#38;nbsp;

	Boswell, Indiana
Conceptual


	Studio / Office is study for a new office and artist studio located in Boswell, Indiana. The design of the building reflects a modern update on the vernacular and rural shed typology.&#38;nbsp;
The main entry is located in the center of the building, allowing for a central core that can service the two main spaces. For future flexibility, these two spaces may accomodate separate tenants. The exterior front entry court and building setback respond to the face of the adjacent library and library entrance allowing for code compliant windows and southern light.&#38;nbsp;


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site context

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shed - vernacular context


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study model


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study model




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		<title>MTK Restoring Hope</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/MTK-Restoring-Hope</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:28:20 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

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		<description>MTK Restoring Hope



	Client:
Location:Status: &#38;nbsp;

	Mary T Klinker Restoring Hope
Boswell, Indiana
Funding / Permit Documents




	Captain Mary T. Klinker was a Captain and flight nurse in the Air Force who was killed when the transport aircraft she was on crashed during a humanitarian mission. She was the last servicewoman to perish in the Vietnam War.
The Mary T. Klinker - Restoring Hope Veterans Resource Center is named in her honor. The facility is an adaptive reuse of the former Indiana National Guard Armory Building and will provide short-term housing, counseling services and amenity spaces for veterans and community members.

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site context

	
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existing building - exterior



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existing building - interior


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pole barn construction - gazebo




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		<title>WEGA Building</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/WEGA-Building</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:56:47 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

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WEGA - Social Exchange &#38;amp; Business Kickstarter


	Location:Status: &#38;nbsp;

	Attica, Indiana
Funding


	WEGA (Wabash Economic Growth Alliance) recognized that the lack of quality business spaces in small towns was impeding development. So, to support regional growth, WEGA is developing a business incubator and market. &#38;nbsp;The two projects are currently in final funding phases. 
The Social Exchange and Business Incuabator is the restoration of a historic downtown building that will serve as a business training facility and networking hub while featuring a deli on the ground floor. 
The Market is a new construction project, also in the core of the historic downtown, that is anchored by a farm store and surrounded by small retail training spaces for dining, food, produce and craft entrepreneurs.

	
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existing building



	


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		<title>Lumberyard House</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/Lumberyard-House</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:18:30 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

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		<description>Lumberyard House


	Location:
Status: &#38;nbsp;

	Boswell, Indiana
Construction

	Lumberyard House is the adaptive reuse of the historic office of the old lumberyard located in Boswell, Indiana. The building will be renovated to become Nowhere Collaborative’s office.


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site context
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	1921 Sanborn Map
	



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existing building


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plan



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proposed elevations



	
	
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		<title>Discover Oxford</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/Discover-Oxford</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://nowherecollab.com/Discover-Oxford</guid>

		<description>Discover Oxford Gas Station Renovation


	Location:
Status: &#38;nbsp;
Partner:News:
	Oxford, IndianaFunding
Architecture for Public BenefitIndiana Landmarks - A Vision for Community in Oxford

	Discover Oxford is the adaptive reuse of the historic gas station located in Oxford, Indiana. The building will be renovated to accomodate public restrooms, food truck parking, and a community event space.&#38;nbsp;

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aerial view


&#60;img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7587323bdcd75eef4afeae4571bafc7ebd4dd1c208e3fa6adecfe720e8b19f2a/main-image.jpeg" data-mid="241659050" border="0"  src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7587323bdcd75eef4afeae4571bafc7ebd4dd1c208e3fa6adecfe720e8b19f2a/main-image.jpeg" /&#62;

existing building



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historic image (courtesy Discover Oxford)



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		<title>Lumberyard Workshops</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/Lumberyard-Workshops</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:19:16 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://nowherecollab.com/Lumberyard-Workshops</guid>

		<description>Lumberyard Workshops


	Location:Status: &#38;nbsp;

	Boswell, IndianaPreliminary Design / Zoning Study


	Lumberyard Workshops are new live/work spaces located on the previous lumberyard space in Boswell, Indiana. 
The building design is based on vernacular pole barn construction. The live/work flexibility, together with the Lumberyard House office space forms a new creative hub in the town center.


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site context



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1921 Sanborn Map




&#60;img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d600a0d27aa5bb58e509cbca3b2e715cedfa88593bef11dc50603adc7117e6df/elevations.jpeg" data-mid="229597140" border="0"  src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d600a0d27aa5bb58e509cbca3b2e715cedfa88593bef11dc50603adc7117e6df/elevations.jpeg" /&#62;
proposed elevations





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vernacular context




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		<title>now + here</title>
				
		<link>https://nowherecollab.com/now-here</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Nowhere Collaboarative</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://nowherecollab.com/now-here</guid>

		<description>SNOW FENCELocation:
Team:
	Chicago Architecture Biennial - SHIFT Architecture in Times of Radical Change

Common Chicago Exhibit at MAS Context
Chicago, IL

Oliver BatzliSNOW FENCE explores the social impacts that result from the re-contextualized 				design and placement of a visible infrastructural element.


Chicago has a bold tradition of modifying or controlling nature through 				infrastructure that is mainly unseen. Chicago literally raised the city to 				address plumbing drainage issues, reversed the flow of the Chicago river for 				sanitation, and built deep tunnels to collect and divert excess storm water. Unlike these infrastructure projects in Chicago, SNOW FENCE is designed to be 				seen and designed for interaction.

	The consequences of SNOW FENCE on natural and human forces will be examined at 		various scales, thicknesses, materials, and permanence. The snow fence 					acknowledges the historical impact of wind on the city - both natural winds 				originating from the lake and wind vortices created by skyscrapers and 					buildings. The snow fence reimagines landscapes during climate change. The 				snow fence may align with or disrupt the Chicago street grid. The snow fence 				may follow a linear path or may break apart to create eddies or drifts of 				focal points. The snow fence may become a passageway to collect community 				ephemera. The snow fence may invoke historical references to the original 				prairie landscape - now transformed in the urban context.

 
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Traditionally, a snow fence is linear, 				permeable - and counter-intuitively - it deflects or collects snow on the 				leeward side of the fence. As a permeable barrier, the snow fence visually 				controls, limits, obscures, and distorts.

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proposed snow fence locations



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Common Chicago, MAS Context Reading Room, Chicago, 2025. © Dan Kelleghan Photography. Courtesy of MAS Context.


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Common Chicago, MAS Context Reading Room, Chicago, 2025. © Dan Kelleghan Photography. Courtesy of MAS Context.



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Common Chicago, MAS Context Reading Room, Chicago, 2025. © Dan Kelleghan Photography. Courtesy of MAS Context.

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Rewilding the Dan Ryan Expressway explores using the snow fence to envelope the expressway, creating a new snow drift topography for winter activities.



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Beaches for All transforms the fence into a linear infrastructure that captures blowing snow into a cold plunge drift at a beach-side sauna.


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Ton Farm Memory Fence confates several midwest regional vernacular structures such as pole barns, corn cribs and slatted wood snow fences into a form that captures and displays memories.



DIY Flatpack Prairie CreaturesLocation: 

	Boswell Harvest Fest 2025Boswell, IndianaInitial exploration and youth activity focused on the tall grass prairie.&#38;nbsp;


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Rural Witnesses ExhibitLocation: 

	701CCA Gallery with Partners of PlaceColumbia, South CarolinaExhibit participant and lecture. Envisioning concepts of geographical equity along the rail line in Boswell, Indiana.


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Equitable Development FrameworkLocation: 

	Boswell, IndianaOriginating from concepts within AIA’s Framework for Equitable Development, this spatial study anaylized how several project sites in the town of Boswell could cohesively address development issues - with the overall goal of strengthening the town fabric and amplifying or supporting each development entity.


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Historic Report for Prairie Preservation Guild w/ Indiana Landmarks
Location: 

	Fowler, IndianaHistoric building assessment of the Benton County Jail and Sheriff’s Residence.
Constructed in 1876, the historic Benton County Jail and Sheriff’s Residence is currently facing imminent demolition. Since its construction, the building has continuously served as a sheriff’s residence, jail facility, storage for county records, and as the Benton County Tourism Bureau through 1997 when a new jail facility was built and the existing building was vacated.


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CIRD Local Design Workshop 2023-24 (Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design)
Location: 

	Boswell, Indiana
J.O.B.S. Renewable Fund partnered with NW Collab to pursue a grant with CIRD to reimagine uses for the recently closed Boswell Elementary School. The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) is a leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council with design support from To Be Done Studio. Focusing on communities with populations of 50,000 or less, CIRD’s goal is to enhance the quality of life and economic viability of rural America through planning, design, and creative placemaking. CIRD is intended to empower local citizens to capitalize on unique local and regional assets to guide the civic development and future design of their communities.

In 2021, Boswell Elementary the local elementary school, closed due to consolidation. However, local citizens want to maintain the community connections that the school once fostered while bringing new opportunities to the town of 696 people. The current property owner, a long-time Boswell resident, aspires to transform the property into an inspiring and active campus, revitalizing the site as an anchor with robust community services. CIRD’s local design workshop in Boswell engaged residents in envisioning the former school and its surrounding 6 acres of land as a hub for community life, new workforce housing, and job training that could revitalize the town for sustainable, long-term growth. 


The local project team embarked on a comprehensive engagement process, building community support through local events and community leadership meetings several months before the workshop. These early engagement activities focused on gathering resident input, building trust, and generating community enthusiasm for the project’s potential. This inclusive approach ensured that all stakeholders, community members, focus group members, and municipal and county staff had a voice and could contribute their ideas on the types of community use they would like to see on the site. 


Currently, half of the interior building space of the old Boswell Elementary school building is actively used by Auxilius Renewable Energy, a wind turbine service and job training company. The company CEO and property owner, TJ O’Malley, sought CIRD assistance to reimagine the building and site to engage and support the entire community. His vision is not just for Boswell, but for the repurposing of the school building and site to serve as a prototype for adaptive reuse of buildings in other rural communities. This ambitious vision, in collaboration with the local project team, led to the development of workshop activities to inform conceptual design rendering of the complex.&#38;nbsp;

Read the full report here: Boswell Elementary School: Reimagined 

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site visit &#38;amp; workshop


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proposed cafe exterior


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proposed cafe




Architecture Scavenger Hunt
Location:&#38;nbsp;

	Boswell, Indiana

	The architecture scavenger hunt was developed as an alternative way to experience and “see” the existing town fabric of Boswell, Indiana. The small downtown area contains many vacant historic buildings that are in various stages of decline. Overall, the collection of buildings projects a sense of loss and abandonment. By searching for and finding the building details, participants are encouraged to see historic value and craftmanship in the existing building fabric.

This activity works best as a structured event with teams of participants. Ideally, a local guide would be included on each team who can provide historical insight into the past or historical use of the buildings.

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	10/21/2023
MAS Context
	06/28/2023Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design
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