Pony Express Stables Exterior in Ruin Condition Before Renovation, Lehr Construction Co. Photos (7), 1950

Photograph

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St. Joseph Museums

83.7.2 Pony Express Stables, Exterior b4 renovation,, 1950: Copyright: 83.7.2 Pony Express Stables, Exterior b4 renovation,, 1950
83.7.2 Pony Express Stables, Exterior b4 renovation,, 1950

Copyright: 83.7.2 Pony Express Stables, Exterior b4 renovation,, 1950

Name/Title

Pony Express Stables Exterior in Ruin Condition Before Renovation, Lehr Construction Co. Photos (7), 1950

Entry/Object ID

P1983.7.2

Description

Pony Express Stables Exterior in Ruin Condition Before Renovation, Lehr Construction Co. Photos (7), 1950. 912 Penn St., St. Joseph, Mo. b/w. Seven views of the condition of the Pony Express Stables when M.K. Goetz and others determined to purchase and renovate the building into the Pony Express Museum, which eventually opened in 1959. Photos may be by Shultz Studio. Lehr later performed renovation. Photos show the building with decaying brick walls, some collapses walls, wooden supports holding up other walls, as below: 83.7.2 = View of front of building with brick facade facing Penn Street. Pony Express Stables sign over door and Office sign over west entrance. 83.7.3 = View from east of building, crumbling and collapsed brick wall. Shake roof with two chimneys. 83.7.4 = View from east side. Collapsed wall, open to element, collapsed timbers strewn about. 83.7.5 = View from rear. Collapsed wall, open to element, collapsed timbers strewn about. 83.7.6 & 8 = Rear of building. Wooden vertical slat fence protecting the stables. 83.7.7 = View from west. Wooden beams set at angle supporting the brick side wall.

Made/Created

Artist

Jim Lehr

Studio

Shultz Studio

Date made

1950

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Pony Express Stables, Pony Express Stables Ruins, Lehr Construction Company

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good