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Restoring a classroom, finishing the knee wall, and cleaning out more rooms are some of the major accomplishments this month with the Annie Lytle Preservation Group!
In each room, our goal is to remove EVERYTHING to its bare-bone. This is because all of this would be gutted when a buyer comes and renovates the building. We are working to get each classroom and all the hallways down to bare concrete.
HOWEVER, we try and save anything original we can. Everything we throw out is too far gone to save due to years of neglect vandalism.
Room 107: The past is coming back
The Annie Lytle Preservation Group is working on a sub-project to restore a classroom back to what it would have looked like when the school was in operation. We hope that in this process it will inspire a future buyer to see the potential in the place, not just spray paint and deterioration.
This is a picture of Room 107 before we started working. We picked this room because most of the hardwood was still intact and well preserved throughout the years. Eventually we will sand it and fix it to its former glory.
This is Annie Lytle's REAL history!!! Not all the years of damage from spray paint and vandals. This room is not done yet but just what we have done so far speaks volumes.
This is what the portico looked liked on the Chelsea street side. We also added our version of a "Corner Stone"
The above picture and the picture to the right is the College street portico. We are planning on putting the "Annie Lylte School" and the "EST. 1917" on this side as well.
And of course, every month is a constant battle to keep trespassers out of the building. There are NO TRESPASSING signs on every panel of fence yet people still ignore them and get on the PRIVATE PROPERTY. Each month we have to re-board and secure opens made by vandals.
For years, this Keebler Elf Tree plagued the yard with its presence. The ALPG has wanted it gone for a long time now but the old deformed tree put up a fight. This month volunteer, Zach Lunsford, put an end to the tree and finally cut it down. We even saved pieces of this tree to refurbish into some unique pieces of furniture for the building when it becomes restored.
The group is looking forward to May! So much work to do and we are excited for everything to come. This month we will also be winning an award for the efforts we have made at the Annie Lytle School for the past ten years. None of these could be possible without the man who started it all those years ago, the Annie Lytle Preservation Group leader, Tim Kinnear.