| Last additions - One Last Visit to M-T |
Old EntranceThey just don't build buildings like this anymore. It looks old now, but I bet it looked very cool when it was brand new.Sep 09, 2008
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Main EntranceWhen the gym and classroom addtion was put on in the 50's, this became the main entrance to the school.Sep 09, 2008
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PlaygroundThis playground equipment was salvaged and moved to the Meservey Schoolhouse Park - the site of my elementary school right across the street from my mom's house.Sep 09, 2008
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Treed viewAnother view from the back, through the trees.Sep 09, 2008
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Exterior StairwayAt one time this led to an exit from "backstage" of the old gym/auditorium. As noted above, the shop room still had plenty of evidence of there being a stage in there at one time, and this door was part of it...Sep 09, 2008
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Gymnasium 1936This was the exterior entrance to the original gym, but when the "new" gym was built in the 50's, it became just another door to the school.Sep 09, 2008
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Gym WingThis shows the current gymnasium, built in the late 50's, and some of the classrooms surrounding it.Sep 09, 2008
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Back ViewAnother view from the back, showing the shop/old gym. The silver walk-in freezer was added when Tim was a senior in 1988. Some of his classmates helped build it...Sep 09, 2008
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Back of SchoolHere's the "back courtyard". Off to the right was the original gymnasium, which was then used to become a band room and shop room.Sep 09, 2008
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Side ViewHere's a view from the other side. The room sticking out in the foreground was the science room pictured above. The door sticking out to the left is shown in more detail below.Sep 09, 2008
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Front ViewAnother view from the front.Sep 09, 2008
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ThorntonThe building proudly displays the name "Thrornton", since it was built to be Thornton's K-12 school.Sep 09, 2008
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