Gann Museum - Benton, Arkansas
Gann Museum - Benton, Arkansas
Built in 1893 this museum was the office of Dr. Dewell Gann by patients who could not afford to pay him for their care. In order to pay they dug bauxite from a nearby farm, hand-sawed it into blocks, allowed it to harden and then built the Doctor a medical office. It is the only building in the world to have ever been constructed out of pink alumina block. This area was once one of the world’s largest aluminum mining operations. The ore of aluminum is called bauxite and it is pink with little round metallic beads and streaks of white running through it.
