by Dave | Feb 26, 2009 | Artifacts, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – On my first walk-through of the building, I trudged through endless expances of broken glass, piles of abandoned materials rotting in hallways, profanity-laced spray paint, then find an entrance to a caged-in area resembling a...
by Dave | Feb 25, 2009 | Artifacts, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas
by Dave | Feb 25, 2009 | Artifacts, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Third Floor
by Dave | Feb 25, 2009 | Artifacts, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – 3rd Floor – Wild color and murals were among the biggest surprises as I explored the upper reaches of Kenyon Hall. After the College of Emporia closed in 1973, it was owned for a time by “The Way”, a controversial...
by Dave | Feb 24, 2009 | Kenyon Hall
Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – Two gorgeous copper oramental roof vents (cupolas) grace the roof of Kenyon Hall.
by Dave | Feb 24, 2009 | Artifacts, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall
by Dave | Feb 24, 2009 | Artifacts, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – Underneath the heart of (what was once) a pipe organ’s sound generating instruments is a nest of wooden reed pipes which, unless I’m mistaken, provided the bass. The organ itself is long gone, but wooden and brass...
by Dave | Feb 23, 2009 | Architecture, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – This is at the very top of the tower, on the 4th floor. A small stage is on the north end of the room (below).
by Dave | Feb 23, 2009 | Artifacts, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas
by Dave | Feb 22, 2009 | Architecture, HDR, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – Although Kenyon Hall has suffered greatly over the past several years, the massive stained glass windows of the chapel west wall are still gorgeous, and in good condition. Here, the afternoon sun through the glass bathes the...
