My tall, brick high school, probably built near the turn of the last century, was like the classic ones in old movies.The front door was above ground level…. reached by massive stairs… The auditorium was the centerpiece… right in the middle of the first floor…high-ceilinged and impressive.
The gym, on the other hand, was in the “basement” …which I believe was really more like the ground floor…alongside the junior high classrooms and the lunchroom.
Not fancy… but solid and sturdy and traditional….and torn down in the 1980’s.A shame, I think.
My tall, brick high school, probably built near the turn of the last century, was like the classic ones in old movies.The front door was above ground level…. reached by massive stairs… The auditorium was the centerpiece… right in the middle of the first floor…high-ceilinged and impressive.
The gym, on the other hand, was in the “basement” …which I believe was really more like the ground floor…alongside the junior high classrooms and the lunchroom.
Not fancy… but solid and sturdy and traditional….and torn down in the 1980’s.A shame, I think.