Where’d I See That?

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There are two pieces to this month’s mystery photo: First, where is this building, and second, do you know its historic significance? That’s the most interesting part. Be the first to send in your answer! (Actually, we’d love to receive lots of historical info on this—so keep the comments coming.)

This, and other images as we add them, are on display in our Where’d I See That? gallery. If you think you’ve solved this mystery, insert your answer into a first edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, and mail it to Newsline, Alumni Center, Keene State College, Keene, NH, 03435-1502, or use the “Comments” link below.

16 thoughts on “Where’d I See That?”

  1. Is this across the street from the old (gone now) Kappa Delta Phi house? I can’t remember the street name ):

  3. I agree with Pauline, it’s down near the Whitcomb building…and I’m guessing that the Walt Whitman reference is a clue!

  4. Congratulations, you’ve got the location. But that’s the easy part. Now you need to wax poetic about this now-sorry-looking, neglected building’s noble past. I hope to hear from several people with great stories about it. And, sorry, I wish I were clever enough to have really snuck in an ingenious Walt Whitman clue, but, alas, a 1st edition of Leaves of Grass is just something I was hoping someone would send me. A purely materialistic attempt at manipulation.

  5. Looks like it was most likely a carriage house, maybe for Hale? Totally a guess. (And the location we refer to as across from the pole barn)

  7. I thought this was located just before you passed over the bridge to the “A” Field coming off of Oya Hill –

    Significance was this –

    In 1928 Daddy Mason, one of the five founding fathers of Alpha Pi Tau (and namesake to the Mason Library) rebuilt a 1924 MG 14/28 Sports in that carriage house. The car was involved in an accident in Hinsdale with a John H McCormick’s tractor, when Mr. Mason’s dog “Chelsea” distracted him.

    Funny the crazy things you remember from Fraternal life –

    Far beyond Monadnocks Summit –
    Alpha Men Reside
    Loyal to their Alma Matter,
    Fratrenity their Pride
    Scenes of college life will linger
    in our memories
    loyal to be faithful to our
    pledge to A Pi T!

    Alpha Men ye Alpha Men

  8. No question- been there many times. This is a building that was moved to the campus and placed near the Whitecomb maintenance building when KSC began to become environmentally conscience back in the late 80’s I believe. It’s the Recycle Building. Students volunteered to push the program forward. Always admired those who worked so hard to help us all become so aware. Thanks. Richard DeSantis, Prof. Emeritus, Health Science

  10. I spent many hours sorting paper, smashing glass, and crushing cans in that shed for R.O.C.K.S. from 1979 to 1983. It was behind the maintenance building, along the bank of the river. I seem to remember that it had been moved there from another location, but its history I cannot recall. We used to pack it tight (amazing it didn’t collapse under tons of recycling material) and eventually load a large maintenance truck for hauling to a recycling facility in Mass.

  11. I’d be surprised if this building was a carriage house in 1928–in that era, I’m pretty sure it served a different purpose. But that’s before my time and I’ve been wrong at least twice before. Thanks for the story of the seemingly unflappable Daddy Mason wrecking his car because his dog distracted him. (Honest, Officer!) Anyway, please keep the history stories coming. Can anyone dig further into the misty recesses of time? If you want to see the building in its original incarnation, Pauline Dionne has a great picture of it in her office in the Alumni Center.

  12. Wasn’t this building the old head house for the greenhouses that were once close to Morrison? The greenhouses supported the horticultural curriculum of Keene Normal School.

    Eleanor Vander Haegen
    Professor Emerita, Sociology

  13. I’m not going to argue with Pauline. She has been around even longer than I and I came in the fall of 1965. Yikes!!!!!!!

  14. Another entirely different topic. Tonight I had the honor of serving dinner in my home to former student Robert Westerberg, and his family, who is tonight receiving a distinguished teaching award at the concert on campus. At the last minute I invited his former professor, Bill Pardus, who was one of my favorite teachers when I first came to KSC. We had a wonderful evening of sharing memories. It was my honor to be able to talk about both my former professsor and Rob who was a student of mine at KSC and then a colleague at Bellows Falls Union High school. Two great muscians and two special friends.

  15. Eleanor Vander Haegen got it right: the building was the headhouse attached to the greenhouse that stood on Fiske Quad in the early days of KSC (KNS/KTC). Though some of the fine craftsmanship that went into its construction is still visible, it was once graced by an ornate cupola, a gabled dormer, and a handsome Victorian porch. It’s wonderful that the building still survives (it’s a wonder that it survives), though few could know of its former grace from it’s present status. The building’s been on campus for a long time—there must be some great stories out there. Do tell!

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