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Submitted by Joe (not verified) on Thu, 9/14/2006 - 4:09pm
One of my favorite downtown facades is a little farther down Main Street: the Kress Building (which unfortunately had some ornamentation removed recently). The Snow Building's facade is a close second.
Submitted by Sven (not verified) on Fri, 9/15/2006 - 1:49am
The Kress building is amazing; I'm shocked to hear that they removed some ornamentation. Hopefully that is temporary, as I know they are taking historic tax credits, so shouldn't be messing with such things.
Submitted by Joe (not verified) on Sat, 9/16/2006 - 6:00pm
I drove by the Kress Building on Friday. Workers were on scaffolding in front, replacing windows. The replacements looked fairly similar to the existing ones. I think what happened was someone took off the large "KRESS" letters at the top, maybe regilded them, and put them back on. But now I can't remember exactly what I originally noticed had been removed. Anyway, the facade looks fine, thank god. Sorry if I scared anyone. :)
While writing this comment, I found a web site for the Kress Building put up by Greenfire, the developer. It's mostly for selling the property, but there are a few links and pictures. I also found this picture taken at the Mangum/Main intersection.
Submitted by Sven (not verified) on Sun, 9/17/2006 - 3:08am
Joe
Thanks for the reassurance! It's still unfortunate to hear about the windows, but that almost seems to be a lost battle in historic preservation. One just hopes the depth and scale of the new windows is a close match. Thank you for posting the link.
Submitted by coco (not verified) on Mon, 9/18/2006 - 3:07am
i see the snow bldg side is brick, but the front is concrete or stone. is this common, and was it done for financial reasons?
Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Sun, 4/1/2007 - 5:48pm
coco
It was common to have a different material on the back and sides presumably, as you've surmised, to reduce costs.
GK
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