276 Comments for Horace Mann School (KC)

Challenged wood? Well, it does look a bit distressed!

WOW !! What a great birthday present Thanks Mr. Motts

Perhaps it was just inaccessible. With all the stuff left behind in the other photos I'm guessing the projection equipment was also left. Or maybe that was the only thing of value at the time. Interesting.

I'm from this area and although I didn't go to this specific grade school, I went to one built around the same time. We had those chalk board thingies. There were 3 or 4 in a row. Behind them was our coat closet. It had rows of hooks.

It's maps like that that make some think Alaska and Hawaii are to the south. O_o

Immense cast iron radiators backing the stage. Must weigh a ton each.

Electrifying!

Yeah.
And absolutely completely surrealistic!
An armchair with a pot?
What IS going on?
I really like this picture.
Left in a hurry? What was The Hurry about?

Wonderful Gallery. Thank you so very much.
Is it creepy?? I don´t think it is creepy.
It is......hmmmm.....very old-school.
HANDSOME, indeed, this building was.

I Love IT! Is that a tree growing on the facade?

Yeah I'm not sure what was up with the projection booth here; it's a spot I almost always check out if I can. Since I don't have a photo (or a recollection), I'm assuming it was just a barren room; perhaps the equipment was sold off when the city closed the school way back in the 70s.

Looking at this again, I'm really not sure as to how steam traveled down into the radiators, and how the condensate was removed...

Not sure, the heading simply read "Notes."

Yep they read "Year Book," although they look like and are stacked with "World Book" encyclopedias. I think the Year Book covers events during the single year printed on the spine.

Ref the seat and different materials . . . probabloy survivors of various restorations done during its history. I can understand a school pinching pennies by only reparing what was totally worn out.