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U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom County, WA

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Summary

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United States border inspection station from the 1930's.

Survey number: HABS WA-182

Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work

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1932 - 1980
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Wetmore, James A
Barkost, John
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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