Cornice detail, Bauer Bank Block: Mancos, Colorado

            Studio 26, assignment on architecture
The sun was high & bright, the sky tending to wash out, & there was a large vehicle parked in front of the building, with more cars reflected in the building windows.   So I decided to focus on some of the marvelous detail.

This building was built in 1905, by George Bauer, to anchor a successful effort to keep the Rio Grande Southern Railroad from developing a commercial district to compete with the already established town center of Mancos.  
George Bauer had emigrated from Westphalia, & learned masonry in Illinois, before moving West.   He built many stone & brick structures in western Colorado towns, including Del Norte & Silverton.   In 1880, he moved to the sparsely settled Mancos Valley, where he started a store & built a schoolhouse, then established a bank, & bought a large tract of land near the river.   He & another business leader invested heavily to keep the townsite from moving northwest, to the cow barn which initially served as railroad depot when the railroad reached Mancos in 1891.   A number of substantial sandstone & brick mercantile buildings were built at the town center, of which only the Bauer Bank Block survives.   It now houses an Artisans' Gallery, a very popular bakery, & a Western hat maker.
George Bauer was elected Mayor when Mancos incorporated in 1894, & was reelected every year until he declined, due to poor health.   He died after his move to Guadalajara, but is buried in Mancos.  
(source:  the nomination document to the National Register of Historic Places)

   

Taken on: October 27, 2016

Sets appears in: • Studio 26, 2016 -- Maybe not my final assignment shot, but--- • Studio 26, assignment 22 -- architecture

Camera: Nikon D90, f/8.0, 1/1000 sec, 38mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	38mm
ISO:	200
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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