1985, Mockbee and Coker. 728 W. Peace St.
A distinctive skeletal metal-tube portico and screen front an otherwise anonymous metal building. Sam Mockbee noted that the portico’s triangular form took a fireman’s hat to an abstract level. He also referenced the rhythm of the double-shotgun houses that once lined the street in this building’s twin gables and the nearby water tower in his sturdy concrete columns. With a style too personal to be labeled Postmodern, Mock-bee nevertheless often tapped traditional and local sources to produce such unconventional but symbolic designs.