Sunday, February 2, 2014

Tin Block in Bunceton

Bunceton, Missouri.  This is apparently a commercial block clad in galvanized tin or iron.  You don't see these very often.  The treatment seems to have been removed on the lower level in favor of some clapboard style siding...fortunately the second level is still intact, yielding a beautiful range of textures and values for a black and white photograph.  In downtown Milwaukee there is an entire block made of cast iron called the Iron Block.  Stone Creek Coffee used to have an office down there.  I don't believe this building employs the same construction process, but visually intriguing nonetheless, especially for a small, midwestern town.