Need help with business sign placement

[Angus Shops]

AAA1 Lucky Double Golden Co. Ltd. Inc. & Son

[peteski]

There are enough ideas here to start a bunch of new businesses!   

I do like the idea of bricked-over windows for a cold storage facility.

[Kentuckian]

This building is meant to be the office and perhaps house some mechanics. It will abut to the cold storage part of the facility.

I have some white stripe decals on order to serve as a border for the painted background. Once these are in I plan to finish the sign. I appreciate all the comments. I will probably go with @Missaberoad  suggestion of  TRI-STATE ICE & COLD STORAGE. However, @wm3798 is probably correct, I’m overthinking this.

[wm3798]

For your reference, I offer Buffalo
https://buffalophotoblog.com/ghost-signs-of-buffalo

In almost every case, the graphic design of the sign is independent of structural member spacing and/or window patterns.  The only exception is when a sign element is designed to be read vertically and has to fit between windows.

It's more important for the lettering to be clear and legible (and of course, weathered to death to almost be neither!) rather than it "fit" into the building itself.

You can probably find examples that disagree with that, but in this sampling, the sign is almost always more important than the surface it's on.
Here's a particularly jarring example, screen shot from the above site's gallery:



The lettering has no regard for the structure, or in fact, the colors of the wall!

Lee

[Cajonpassfan]

The very first question I would ask is: what year/era are we talking about? Or did I miss that part? White on black signs are generally associated with older structures...it was the way "everyone did it" then...
Otto

[Kentuckian]

It needs some touch up-especially the R-and weathering, but this is the sign. Mistakes were made but I believe the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. I’m mostly satisfied.



Thanks again for all the feedback.