Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/04/1993

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7. Description Condition ~heck one Check __ lair ~ unc×po~ed ~,escribe th~ pre~er, t ~nd original {if known) physics; app~rar~ce The kamsey %o~n Hall, constructed zn 1892 a~ a s!nFie-room school house, is located on S~. Franci~ Boulevard, t~o m/les north of Anoka. This simple, rectangular-shaped building is constructed of buff colored brick, presumably manufactured at ~-h~ Kelsev Er~ckyard. The lo~' pitched gable roof is covered ~'ith asphalt shingles. (It is assumed that wood shingles originally covered the roof. ) The front facade of the building, which ~=aces on St. Tran~is Boulevard, is com- oosed of z centrally t~,cated doorway with flaunting win~iowa. The original door frame, which is partially block-in %'ith pi>~wood, was composed of a pair of doors. Decorative brick arches cap ~he door and windows. This decorative brickwork is repeated around a circular opening directly above the front entry. The north and south facades of the building con~ain thr~e ~,indo~s~:.each capped u'ith decorative segmental brick arches. The west, or rear, facade of thc building is composed of an exterior brick chimney flanked by two large windows. These windows, ~,,hich have been filled-in with asphalt brick, are also capped with decorative segmental brick arches. A concrete belt soursa, presumably installed to prevent water damage to the building, is not original. The in=erior of the building contains an en=_'-y hall, one large classroom, two cioai; rooms (one cloak room has bean converted in~o a kitchen), and a s=airway :o a ~arn!a! basement (c-~-~',~~'' - small ciose:~. The ciassrocm has a ~-essed metal ceiling and a number of original chalk bozrd~, now pain, ed ye!lo~'o The in~erior walls c_-' =he classroom have been covered ~'ith _~D=:' er board. A cornel:tee of the Anoka County L'~ - .._s~oricai Society is currenuiv conducting ex- tensive research in preparation for the restora=ion of the building.