Our second look at Boonville. Better? Worse?
Battered, but we see the original look, albeit tarnished and careworn.
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Hold on a second here -
The cornice tells us the building was truncated. How? Why?
I made this:
But you'd think the door would be closer to the right.
Obscured in other views:
A saloon, originally, according to local histories. You know, of course, that it replaced a building that burned down.
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Another weary building, begging for a good sandblasting and tuck pointing.
Oh
Never mind
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The need for a second-floor entrance does tend to mess with the symmetry.
BROKMEYER
Another Boonville building thus named, here. Mr. B must have done well.
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"Antiques" now, but the sheet-metal facade indicates a prosperous store that did a post-war rehab.
No doubt a wonderful sign once covered that space.
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The only question is what the bank was originally called.
City Halls often moved into old banks. Rather symbolic.
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I don’t think they sell shoes anymore.
Glad the sign still exists, but at this point it’s more depressing than historic.
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OUMB: a jumble of modern ideas, presaging the punchcode window style to come.
(Obligatory Ugly Modern Bank, if you’re just joining us.)
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Pythian hearts must have swelled with pride!
The uppermost portion took a bit of a haircut. Or it's an addition?
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One of of the sites about the Knights building said it had three fires, and the most recent took down some adjacent buildings. Well, I don’t see where that’s the case -
Oh
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Murals. They just make you think that nothing’s really going on here.
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IOOF!
If the three-link sign is up, perhaps they still meet once a month to exchange secret handshakes and plot good things.
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That’s a nice piece of work - and quite unusual for the era.
1904, “Spanish Baroque” style.
Not too baroque.
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Not that there’s anything wrong with that
Columns made of brick never look right.
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That’s unfortunate.
It was originally a standard post-war building - you can tell it had broad big windows, later bricked in. Stupid Mansarding for extra ugliness.
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A fine school.
I wonder how long it will take before this no longer says "school" to most people.
That day is probably upon us already.
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