During the depths of the Great Depression, people sought the cheapest possible ways to do things, and this extended to the constructing of buildings. The Glen Rose Reporter Building illustrates one way that Americans sought to make their dollars go as far as possible. The front portion of this building, constructed about 1934, consists of a wood-frame supporting a “wall” of expanded metal mesh covered with moist stucco which dried into a waterproof skin. A lightweight flat roof and a cornice of sheet metal shingles simulating more expensive ceramic tiles were added. The rear half of the building, where an internal combustion engine powered printing machinery, was roofed but the sides were open. Later they were covered with horizontal lumber and a layer of pressed asbestos siding. In time the flat roof leaked so severely that a low gable roof was added. The Glen Rose Reporter was edited and printed here from the 1930s until 1979, since that time the building has been used for storage purposes. Sometimes cheap construction survives and this structure serves as a significant example of that fact.