by Dave | Feb 26, 2009 | Architecture, Kenyon Hall
Inside Kenyon Hall – Viewed from the lower balcony, the chapel is still elegant and beautiful, even with a few blemishes. The organ is gone, though the reed pipes are still in place. Much of the seating was donated for use by the Granada Theater.
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
