Actually it was built over a ten year period in the late 1930's and early 1940's at great expense. By 1956 it was abandoned (the owners had died). Since then it was taken over by the state, and preserved pretty much as you see it. I think it has something like six thousand square feet of rooms.
jon.oman wrote:Actually it was built over a ten year period in the late 1930's and early 1940's at great expense. By 1956 it was abandoned (the owners had died). Since then it was taken over by the state, and preserved pretty much as you see it. I think it has something like six thousand square feet of rooms.
Think in the 30's and 40's they had wall paper but maybe they just liked staring at red bricks. It does look like it was painted at one time as I can see peeling paint.
Three Scores and 14 years old and still going strong.
We have a lot of old brick buildings in Seattle and Tacoma. But now they don't use them because of the danger of earthquakes. Bricks just don't stand up to ground shaking. We get an average of one earthquake a month around here.
Three Scores and 14 years old and still going strong.