And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Up here in western Canada some oil company, can't remember which one, built dozens of small town and rural gas stations that looked like that. They were always the best looking and maintained buildings around.
Until fashions changed in the 1960s and forward and they're nearly all gone.
Real glass blocks are almost always installed with a sanded mortar. The lesser expensive acrylic versions might use adhesives but I've never spec'd that stuff.
After just a little digging (using the address), I discovered it was originally built as a Dr. Pepper bottling plant. It's easy to miss the larger section of the building that sits behind the house. In Seattle, we have a very similar looking building that was built and used by the Darigold milk company. It is still in use and was recently repainted and spiffed-up; although I don't know who now owns/uses it. So glad that it was not torn down as so many historic buildings are these days.
I'd like two cheese sliders and an order of french fries, please.
ReplyDeleteExactly what I thought. Vintage little burger joint.
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ReplyDeleteI thought gas station
DeleteIce cream parlor.
DeleteThey knew how to build. Maintenance can get in front of ya however.
ReplyDeleteCurb appeal!
ReplyDeleteUp here in western Canada some oil company, can't remember which one, built dozens of small town and rural gas stations that looked like that. They were always the best looking and maintained buildings around.
ReplyDeleteUntil fashions changed in the 1960s and forward and they're nearly all gone.
Would like to see a current photo of this.
ReplyDeleteLooks the same, here's the 2025 street view, https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gv4qt4fqpnDFzVyv7
DeleteOr https://maps.app.goo.gl/QqQAz8fagorKcqB56
DeleteMy grandparents house had a glass block window in the front. It was built in the 40s and is still there.
ReplyDeleteSince there were few adhesives in those days I wonder how they held the glass blocks together?
ReplyDeleteReal glass blocks are almost always installed with a sanded mortar.
DeleteThe lesser expensive acrylic versions might use adhesives but I've never spec'd that stuff.
Noice!
ReplyDeletecould have been a funeral home.
ReplyDeleteI remember that building from when I lived in Greenville, TX back in the late 1960s.
ReplyDeleteAfter just a little digging (using the address), I discovered it was originally built as a Dr. Pepper bottling plant. It's easy to miss the larger section of the building that sits behind the house. In Seattle, we have a very similar looking building that was built and used by the Darigold milk company. It is still in use and was recently repainted and spiffed-up; although I don't know who now owns/uses it. So glad that it was not torn down as so many historic buildings are these days.
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