224 Comments for Lyman School for Boys

YES! + You sure build very pretty staircases in the USA is fact.

Prancer! Some will pay anything for anything! You just came up with a great NEW idea here - and it is a lot of fun, also, and it will enhance any room with a "locked-in-peel" in a door. Very cool indeed. Thick; transparent and pricey such a winner.

True, the shelves were probably for ancillary storage of whatever was on the floor. I doubt it was a library, as this was an industrial type of building; it was more likely used for food or mechanical storage.

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These puns really steam me up!

Yeah the wood is incredible - huge chunky beams without a knot in sight. Surely dope_mexican_chick can appreciate the fine craftsmanship in this building...

Good point Mike, and most of the nation as far as square footage is still rural and undeveloped. But too often we try and project our latter half 20th century experiences with those who lived prior. This includes many overlooking or not realizing that even into the pre-war 1930s, less than 25% of non-major city households - those in and around small towns and rural areas - had electricity.

That said, one has to remember in this case many of these boys were orphans and abandoned at a very early age, so they never even knew what it was like living with a family at all. Hence the thought about them having a real connection to an animal/pet for the first time ever in their lives.

My guess on the bump outs is a support for a different joist system, the room was "opened up" at a later date perhaps.

It's like it should be an album (or CD) cover, for those old enough to know what those were. Question would be to all is: Who would the band be?

If they don't reuse the building I hope they salvage the wood. Those solid support beams and the ones above the 2nd level are amazing. I think I will say away from dope_mexican_chick's insta page though...

Motts - was it chilly in there with one of the radiators laying down on the job? OK, I'll show myself out now.

This was probably less traumatic than we think. Prior to the 40's/50's most of the country was very rural. It would have been normal for families outside of the large cities to raise a few animals for their own food needs or trading with other families.

A new Motts classic, the lone desk shot?

Thanks for the amazing photos!

That's a big room for only having one small apparent ~1' wide shelf. Way too much wasted floor space to be a kitchen pantry. Maybe a library with reading tables in there at one time? If there were no windows to the left or behind the shot, then that rules that out.