I found this staircase while cutting through an alley. On the street side, two store fronts were being renovated to their original look. Whether the stairs remained, I don't know.
This is part of The Red Barn. The focus of Red Barn Park on the Truman State campus, it was saved from demolition about 30 years ago. The Red Barn Arts & Crafts Festival was created to save it. (It could stand a paint job and the roof has seen better days.)
When it used to place a higher emphasis on the arts, Truman State expanded Ophelia Parrish with this awesome addition. I like the different grid patterns between the brick, the windows, and the white portion.
How this building has escaped any major changes is beyond me. This Beaux Arts structure is just off the square. Below is one of the faces along the top.
Here is a sunset shot of the Kirksville Arts Center. The bay window is the last of three. The trees were torn out when the sidewalks were replaced, and at the bottom of the picture you can see the top of the canopy which was also removed.
A close up of that bay window. I wonder if the detail is metal. There was an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2006 about facades and storefronts that were manufactured by Mesker Brothers. They were an iron works company in St. Louis at the turn of the last century. I wonder ...
I love the reflection on the window. It somewhat matches the original front, which has been covered up in the blandness of sheet metal.
A different building a block and a half away; several ads were painted on the side over the years.The back end of the same building. It makes one wonder whether the paint is holding the whole thing up. I believe this structure underwent a renovation this summer, too.
The Masonic Temple just east of downtown; Egyptian in style. I like the texture in the stonework.
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