Burned Diamond Match Building
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The 13,000-square-foot building constructed in 1905 was used to raise bees and to make honeycomb frames from wood left over from making match sticks. The bees helped pollinate the area’s crops, and the company often purchased the resulting honey.
Operations at the plant ended in 1989, and the current owner of the 137-acre factory property had hoped to restore it and other original buildings to anchor a development to include single-family homes, townhouses, apartments, shops and restaurants.
“It’s truly a shame,” said Barber Yard project spokesman Jim Stevens of Northstar Engineering. “The building was historic and possibly could have been saved.”
Tip o’ hat to Riki for location info.
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7 comments
upshift wrote...
How ironic that a match company's building gets burned down.
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Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
Ursula Pfitzer wrote...
Oh man, this is totally badass.
amy heiden wrote...
beautiful. i love the light coming through the arches and falling on the rock.
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Thanks all. Yep, Stephen, you should have made it. It was a bit of a let-down, however, because much of what we imagined would be up there was demolished :-(
rustyjaw wrote...
Great light, great shadows. Very epic kind of feel.
slworking2 wrote...
Awesome shot.
super wicked shot. Love the purple sky and light coming through the arches. I missed out this weekend huh?