Kleinhans Music Hall: Under Construction 1939-1940

Kleinhans Music Hall: Under Construction 1939-1940

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Late October, 1939: Main Hall interior, full-height brick walls on both sides
(prior to balcony construction), with main floor seat mounts. Distant center shows
main stage filled with scaffolding, with curved recess for large orchestra pit
directly in front

25 May 1939: Excavation complete (looking East from Normal)

25 May 1939: Excavation complete (looking West from Circle)

25 May 1939: Town supervisors in consultation

2 June 1939: Surveyor after construction site excavation

2 June 1939: Derrick, dump truck, 3 workers

2 June 1939: Pouring concrete for the Mary Seaton Room foundation

6 June 1939: Workers at the back wall of the Mary Seaton Room

6 June 1939: Workers near the left wall of the Mary Seaton Room

3 July 1939: Floor work in the Mary Seaton Room

3 July 1939: Lights on the floor of the Mary Seaton Room

1 August 1939: Work on the back wall of KMH, near Livingston Hall

1 August 1939: Cement truck on site, Mary Seaton Room upper left

1 August 1939: Workers chatting (center of Porter Ave. outside wall)

1 August 1939: Derrick, park bench behind Mary Seaton Room

c. August 1939: Surveyor at SW corner of KMH

c. August 1939: Workers at the front of the main stage of Kleinhans

c. August 1939: Bricklayers at NW corner of Livingston Hall

c. August 1939: Bricklayers at Livingston Hall

Summer, 1939: Brick work on KMH box office wall (facing East)

Autumn, 1939: Worker at Porter Ave. wall above seat Y50

Autumn, 1939: Brick work on NW side of KMH above Livingston Hall

31 May 2010: KMH with restored reflecting pool

For more images, please visit the Kleinhans Music Hall website.