Saturday, January 25, 2014

Old United State Border Station- early 1970s


A snowbound picture of the old United State Border Station taken by port director, Burl Brooks Beane  The picture is taken facing south towards United States.

The old building was as a border station from August 1932 until February 1990 when the current building was opened.

4 comments:

  1. Love the look of the old building. The newer one looks to modern and cold.

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  2. I agree! The old building was built with real interesting architectural details that made it a real treasure. I am really glad they moved it instead of tearing it down.

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  3. This is a beautiful building and it would be nice to restore it and recreate it as a Customs museum complete with the desks, chairs, old photos that many of the older citizens of Sumas may have as part of their private collection. There is a lot of history here for us to uncover and be proud of.

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  4. I agree it would make a beautiful museum building. I thought it would simply make a nice community museum while devoting a room to the U.S. Customs and another room to the railroad.

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