Alex Gloria rented a space at the Mill for years. Often you could see him sitting out under one of the huge old oak trees talking with fellow renters or working on a car. He knew my father, Jack Dahlstrom and had sat under that same tree with him shooting the breeze many years ago. He still remembered my Dad's logic in cutting the middle out of the trusses of that building so that he could fit heavy construction equipment into it. Hearing him talk about my Dad just adds another layer to all the memories we've heard about at the Mill.
South end of the building and a look at the interior structure of the pole barn. Great texture on the old tin. And, Willie's Joint used some of the tin to make their new bar outside. It looks great. You should check it out!
Carefully removing the tin for another use.
Removed all the tin siding for other purposes.
Alex Gloria's is another pole barn building and part of the larger pole barn building known as the Hay Barn. We tried saving some of posts by leaving it in place so people would know what it had looked like before and have a sense of the history of the barn. However, whatever the poles were dipped in smelled so toxic once we'd insulated the new building, we had to remove them. Instead we've lined many of the walls in Alex Gloria's with wood that was taken out of one of the southern buildings. It had originally been flooring in a building that couldn't be salvaged, so we carefully pulled it up, stacked it, and took it to Vintage Mill, in East Austin to be re-milled. We can't wait to hear what people think.
Old wood flooring was salvaged from 306 S Main and taken to Vintage Mills to be milled.
New Interior of Alex Gloria's. Reclaimed wood, milled at Vintage Mills, East Austin.
Stella's Women's Fashion Consignment Boutique moved in August, 2016 and has been busy ever since!