{"id":76,"date":"2021-07-06T20:20:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2022-08-09T18:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:38:39","slug":"kmh-under-construction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/kmh-under-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Kleinhans Music Hall: Under Construction 1939-1940"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”80″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]25 May 1939:<\/b> Excavation complete (looking East from Normal)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”81″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]25 May 1939<\/b>:\u00a0Excavation complete (looking West from Circle)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”82″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]25 May 1939: <\/b>Town supervisors in consultation[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”96″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]2 June 1939:<\/b> Surveyor after construction site excavation[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”85″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]2 June 1939: <\/b>Derrick, dump truck, 3 workers[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”86″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]2 June 1939: <\/b>Pouring concrete for the Mary Seaton Room foundation[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2093″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]6 June 1939:\u00a0<\/strong>Workers at the back wall of the Mary Seaton Room[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2094″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]6 June 1939:<\/strong> Workers near the left wall of the Mary Seaton Room[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2096″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]3 July 1939: <\/strong>Floor work in the Mary Seaton Room[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2098″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]3 July 1939:<\/strong> Lights on the floor of the Mary Seaton Room[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2099″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]1 August 1939:<\/strong> Work on the back wall of KMH, near Livingston Hall[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2100″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]1 August 1939:\u00a0<\/strong>Cement truck on site, Mary Seaton Room upper left[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2102″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]1 August 1939:\u00a0<\/strong>Workers chatting (center of Porter Ave. outside wall)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2103″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]1 August 1939:<\/strong>\u00a0Derrick, park bench behind Mary Seaton Room[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2104″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]c. August 1939: <\/strong>Surveyor at SW corner of KMH[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2105″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]c. August 1939: <\/strong>Workers at the front of the main stage of Kleinhans[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2106″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]c. August 1939: <\/strong>Bricklayers at NW corner of Livingston Hall[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”102″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]c. August 1939: <\/b>Bricklayers at Livingston Hall[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2107″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]Summer, 1939: <\/strong>Brick work on KMH box office wall (facing East)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2108″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]Autumn, 1939:<\/strong>\u00a0Worker at Porter Ave. wall above seat Y50[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2109″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]Autumn, 1939: <\/strong>Brick work on NW side of KMH above Livingston Hall[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”107″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

31 May 2010: <\/b>KMH with restored reflecting pool<\/p>\n

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For more images, please visit the Kleinhans Music Hall website<\/a>.<\/h5>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] *Click images for larger view [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”79″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text] Late October, 1939: Main Hall interior,… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2145,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}