Music Man Square - Mason City, Iowa - Southwest Entrance
Main Roof Framing Plan from the Construction Documents - 1999 - Note how the roof joists are spaced closer together on both sides of the taller “Main Street” section to support snow drift.
Project: Music Man Square - Mason City, Iowa
Client: Boxwood Architects, Seattle, WA and Bergland+ Cram Architects, Mason City, IA
Completed: 2001
This project was built as a tribute to Mason City native, Meredith Willson, composer, writer and lyricist of “The Music Man”. The building houses music education and performance spaces, a Children’s Exploratorium, a conservancy, two theatres and community rooms.
A block-long streetscape that replicates the building facades from the Music Man movie of 1966 stretches diagonally through the building.
