Sunday, August 25, 2013

Smith Lodge with the "rec hall" under construction in the background

I know this photo was taken in 1975. You can see that the area behind Smith Lodge is roped off because the ground is seeded for grass after the then very recent construction of the dialysis unit and porch in the back of the building. And you can see, to the left in the background, the beginnings of Margetts Lodge arising out of the "old rec hall." The Rec Hall was a barn with a stone foundation (the very same used for the front rooms of Margetts Lodge today), and, on its eastern end, there was a concrete-block creamery that served from 1958 until 1974 as "the program office." You can see the large back room being framed in.