Welcome to Thursday Doors! This is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join us, simply create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week and then share a link to your post in the comments below, anytime between 12:01 am Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time). If you like, you can add our badge to your post.

As you might have guessed, I took a lot of pictures in Morgantown. Many of the ones in today’s gallery are buildings I never had classes in. Almost all of them have new purposes today from the mid-1970s when I was there. I’ve put what I know in the captions. Some will require the “lower case ‘i’ in the circle’ drill…sigh.

I didn’t end up working in my major (Chemistry) but the education I received on this campus served me well. I’ll let the photos tell the story.

I hope you’ll have a few minutes to visit some of the other participants’ pages. We have beautiful doors from around the world.

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133 responses to “More From Morgantown”

  1. What amazing buildings Dan! I especially love the first building S well as Stewart Hall. Your accommodation for 3 years of pretty cool too. Such a lovely place to live whilst studying, although that hill could be hard to walk up every day! Here are my doors for this week https://wrookieschu.com/2023/08/31/doors-of-wordpress-v61/

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    1. Excuse my typos, it’s 6am here and I’m heading to work soon 🙈

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    2. After a long day in lab, that hill could be a struggle, Wayne. Judging by the air conditioner, it looks like they added an attic apartment to that house. Our apartment was pretty big for two guys. It’s possible they carved the place up over the years. Arriving on campus was like stepping back in time, even in the 70s. The scary thing is, there are more years between now and the 70s than the 70s and when those buildings were built in the 20s.

      Your doors made for an interesting challenge today. All good. Hard to pick a fav. I hope you have a great weekend ahead.

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      1. Cheers Dan! Time sure is going very fast. I always base everything from the year 2000, almost forgetting that was 23 years ago!

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  2. Fabulous buildings, gorgeous doors, interesting explanation equals a recipe for a great post

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    1. Well said, Sheree! I agree wholeheartedly.

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        1. You’re welcome, Sheree.

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  3. Another great photographic ramble down memory lane 💜

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    1. I tend to get stuck in a place, Willow. I still have a few more from this trip.

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      1. Absolutely something to look forward to 💜💜

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  5. […] week on my edition of Thursday Doors, I’m inviting you into a gas station in Blanding, Utah, perhaps the least likely place […]

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  7. Hi Dan, some lovely memories there for you – revisiting your university digs must have felt wonderful and a bit weird. Some great campus buildings giving a great sense of a university town. I liked the doors on the old station platform.

    Yet more doors from the City of Lincoln from me today: https://scooj.org/2023/08/31/thursday-doors-31-august-2023-lincoln/#Lincoln#Georgian#UK

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    1. It did seem a little weird, Steve. When I lived on that street, it was mostly local residents. There were only three houses that had student apartments. Now, it seems like that’s all there is. I learned a little history while preparing this post. The three older buildings are ones I never entered and didn’t know what was in them when I was a student.

      I enjoyed your installment from Lincoln – nothing boring about that group.

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  8. Fascinating buildings all around, Dan, with the side view my favourite shot.

    My post is from the nearby town which I will visit again tonight with live music. https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/thursday-doors-31-8-23-izola/#Izola#Slovenia#Adriatic

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    1. The building in that side view is impressive. The hills around town give opportunities for those kind of photos.

      I like the collection from your visits, Manja, and it’s always good to see your family.

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  9. HI DAn, such a lovely campus. My son’s campus is also beautiful. I think I told you I did correspondence university and worked as well so I qualified in six years instead of the usual seven.

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    1. Thanks Robbie. Most of the buildings today are not ones I was familiar with while on campus. I had to look up their story. I hope your son is enjoying school. It’s a wonderful time in our lives. Sometimes, we don’t appreciate it while we’re there. I know I found this campus more beautiful in places than I did 50 years ago. I’m glad they’ve kept the buildings well maintained.

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  11. Magnificent buildings but I really liked the simple side doors to the train station :)
    Here is mine:

    Thursday Doors – Lisbon

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    1. Thanks Sofia. I made a wrong turn and had to turn around. That’s when I discovered the train station. Lucky mistake :)

      I really liked the door you shared.

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  12. Great photos and amazing buildings Dan. I enjoyed reading how they have been repurposed over the years.
    The road and home where you lived seems literally like a walk down memory lane, what a beautiful treed view.

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    1. Thanks Suzette. My brother asked to see where I lived while on campus. I’m glad we were driving. I’d forgotten how steep that hill was. Coming home every night was a chore, but those are the things you don’t mind when you’re young.

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      1. Yes, and it is nice to see those places in once again!!

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  14. I like these whole building shots and the information on their age.

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    1. Thank you. Much of today’s information was new to me. It was fun assembling this post.

      I enjoyed your post, too!

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  15. […] I have only a distant photo of the doors of Minami-za, I add here a photo of the doors of the nearby Pontocho Kaburenjo which is now run by the Pontocho Kabukai Association. The theatre […]

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  16. I can see why you spent time looking at all the buildings you didn’t go to in your days there. I usually end up spending much longer than I plan to whenever I visit an university campus, and that’s even without the nostalgia factor.

    From me today a little bit of a cheat: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/kabuki-no-okumi/

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    1. I transferred to WVU in my sophomore year, so I missed Freshmen Orientation. Maybe they explained some of the history of the campus then. I never knew that the buildings featured today were part of an expansion after WWI. The original campus (the buildings I shared last week) were built around 1880 when many Land Grant schools were being built around the US.

      I enjoyed your post today. Fascinating history.

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  17. Thumbs up to college campuses. Although modern architecture is fine, I favor older buildings. Sure looks like a hilly place! Good luck in the season opener.

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    1. Thanks Frank. Like most of West Virginia and southwest PA, you can’t escape the hills, so they just build on them. I’d love to see WVU upset Penn State, but that will be a struggle.

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  19. I like the photo of Ogelbay House. It’s a great photo. Lots of wonderful buildings and good memories for you to share, thanks Dan :)

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    1. I’m glad you liked that, Brian. It was a beautiful building inside, when I was there. I didn’t have time to explore the buildings. I did walk into the chemistry building, but I was disappointed by the “modern” treatment that had been given to the interior.

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      1. That can be sad but maybe it had to have a safety make over. I am amazed what we used to do in chemistry in high school. Now-a-days parents would be horrified 😲😁

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        1. That’s true. I won’t say safety wasn’t a concern in the 70s, but not like today.

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  20. What wonderful architecture! They don’t do campuses like that anymore (or anything else for that matter) I’m especially taken with Stewart Hall. Looks like a good setting for a story. (K)

    Swedish Cottage (Thursday Doors)

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    1. These old buildings had so many interesting features inside, I think they could all make for a good story setting. Today’s buildings are too predictable.

      I loved learning about the marionettes at your place!

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      1. Predictable–exactly right. There’s no mystery to them.

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  21. […] For more doors, please visit Dan’s No Facilities site https://nofacilities.com/2023/08/31/more-from-morgantown/ […]

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  22. Good Morning Dan, I had a train station like the one above that I passed on my way to school every day, The bus had to wait if there was a train coming through. When I would be walking to school, I would wander over and explore…. gone are those days! Here is my post for today https://dymoonblog.com/2023/08/31/31-8-238/

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    1. I stumbled onto the train station by accident, but I had to include it.

      I liked your collection today!

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  23. […] (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love doors of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my holiday snaps […]

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  24. This is an amazing campus. The back door to Woodburn Hall is grand. Nice sorority house. Your “home away from”home” looks very comfortable and roomy. I like everything about Stewart Hall!
    Thanks for the great tour of your ok’d stomping grounds.
    Ginger

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    1. Ummmm, “old” not “ok’d”. Sheeesh.
      Ginger

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    2. Thanks Ginger. That apartment was quite large for two guys. I wonder if it has been divided into more than one apartment. It looks like they added an attic apartment, perhaps a loft. When I lived there, the was an older woman living upstairs. Her husband had built the building. I started off on the wrong foot with her (by parking a truck on the sidewalk) but we became good friends over the course of three years. There used to be a grocery store at the bottom of that ginormous hill. She would sometimes ask me to pick something up for her on my way home from school. Every now and then, she baked cookies and gave some to my roommate and me.

      I have one other picture of Stewart Hall. I think I’ll save it for the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge next May.

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    1. I’m glad you kept us there for this door!

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        1. Looking forward to that. I checked out that close up – the iron work is amazing.

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          1. Isn’t it though?!!

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  25. It’s great the old buildings are still there! The house you lived in for 3 years looks a little plain, but even that has the old-farm house vibe!!

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    1. When I lived there, it was sided with what was called ‘shingle brick’ so it was dark red. Also, the apartment above mine had a screen porch above the porch at ground level. I liked what it looked like then much better than now. I suppose it’s been made to fit as many apartments as possible – that is the trend with student housing.

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      1. I think I’d prefer it the old way too.

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  26. It would appear you stirred a bit of nostalgia in your readers. For me, the most nostalgic image is the hill where you lived – I had one just like that when I lived off campus! There were days it really was uphill both ways. A return to one’s alma mater is sure a way to see how the world changes. Yes, majors we hadn’t even heard of back then! But great doors are always great doors, yes?

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    1. Great doors are always great, Maureen. Some, unfortunately, have been “upgraded” to some utilitarian glass and aluminum entrance, but I was glad to see how many original details remain. I wouldn’t want to hike up or down that hill today (sometimes, downhill is worse), but I was in my early 20s. Still, I remember it being a challenge on a hot day, or an snowy winter day. There were no houses on the side that had the sidewalk, so no one shoveled the walk.

      I find it interesting that the major I was trying to cobble together is now a signature major offered at this university, In partnership with the FBI no less. I wonder if Agent Dyer studied here ;-)

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      1. Of course he did! Obviously you were far ahead of your time, and the university took the cue from you and started on the more modern (and imaginative) curriculum. I think they should invite you to be a guest lecturer!

        I completely agree on the doors. The old ones have more class (applause, applause).

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        1. Haha. If I couldn’t make a living in the field, the least they can do is support my avocation.

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  27. I like the depot. Nice that they kept it active. and speaking of active…that hill, every day :)

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    1. That hill, every day, down and back up :(

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  28. anonymous? I must not be awake yet …

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  29. https://rallentanda.blogspot.com/2023/08/daffodil-day-thursday-doors.html

    You had pretty good student accomodation.In my day a few of us would rent a very old terrace house near the University(outdoor plumbing). I remember $25 per week between three of us Now you cannot purchase one of these places for under 2 million dollars.

    I put daffodils on my door today. It’s daffodil day Down Under. If you buy daffodils today the Cancer Council of Australia gets a donation.

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    1. My roommate and I did enjoy a comfortable place. We had to rent it year-round, but it was $105 a month, which was a good deal for so much space. There wasn’t much in the way of student housing on that street. The local residents didn’t want people renting to students, but this building had changed hands and a family friend who worked for the university knew the new owner. Today, the whole neighborhood looks to be student housing.

      I liked your post – great cause.

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  30. University campuses have the prettiest buildings. These are all wonderful. I like where you lived, Dan. Although it must have been literally a drudge walking up that hill after classes, it looks to be such a pretty area.

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    1. That walk could be awful, Lois. Then, if I got to the top and realized I should have stopped at the store for something – auuuugh. I had a car most of the time, but you had to weigh giving up your parking space for another round trip on that hill. The whole area was beautiful. West Virginia is a beautiful state.

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  31. Those are gorgeous stone buildings, Dan. My favorite is the old President’s house. I was thinking what Lois was thinking about walking up and down that hill in winter! 😮 Not fun in a snow storm.

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    1. No fun at all. Especially since there were no houses on the side of the street with the sidewalk (on the hill). The old President’s house is a beauty. I’m glad they’ve maintained these old buildings and given them new life.

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  32. What a great campus – I particularly like the look of the train station –
    my ‘doors’ this week are from northern Portugal…..

    THURSDAY DOORS

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    1. I saw the train station as we were heading home ((I missed a turn and had to turn around). I couldn’t resist.

      I liked your doors!

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  33. Thanks for sharing all of amazing images Dan. So much to see and do .

    Thursday Doors – No Facilities

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    1. Likewise with your doors :-)

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  34. Great stuff, Dan. Go Mountaineers.

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    1. I’d love to see an upset, John

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  35. Such stately buildings, Dan. The house with the school colors gave me a smile. In fall in Lincoln, Nebraska, almost all the window displays feature the color red. :-) Playing Penn State definitely calls for a lot of luck, much more than they’re likely to get. But the financial payoff is the reward.

    As you already know, my doors are very, very different from this classical look: https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/thursday-doorsbringing-the-outdoors-in/#utah#outdoors#murals.

    janet

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    1. First games can be ripe for upsets, Janet, but it will take a lot of luck.

      You have the best selection of doors today. IF anyone is reading this comment, go see her doors!

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      1. Thanks, Dan. I really got lucky with those doors today, that’s for sure.

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  36. […] Here is my entry for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge. […]

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  37. Hi Dan – magnificent buildings … while your residence must have been interesting to live in – looks quite rural with good views … but thanks – cheers Hilary

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    1. Morgantown is a bit of an urban island in an otherwise rural state. Hills, farmland and mines.

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  38. Hi Dan, you’ve inspired me to join you this week.
    Here is my entry.

    Doors 8/13/23 – Thursday Door Challenge

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    1. And I am so glad you did join, Cee. You have a nice group, and an amazing photo to lead off.

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  39. […] Thursday Doors is a weekly challenge featured on Dan Antion’s site No Facility for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join us, simply create your own Thursday Doors post and then share a link to your post in the comments of Dan’s post. […]

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  40. What a great journey to the past for you. I love wandering university/college campuses. Here is mine which includes the former college James Joyce attended, now a museum of literature. https://darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2023/09/01/thursday-doors-james-joyce-in-dublin/

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    1. Thanks Darlene. I loved your post!

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  41. Such beautiful scenes, Dan. Gorgeous buildings and doors. I’m sure it’s filled with nostalgia for you. Thank you for sharing this!

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    1. It was nice going back, Holly. Being on campus but not having a lab report due or a test coming up felt pretty good

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      1. I’m sure it bright back many memories. Such a great experience!

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  43. The photo of Stewart Hall is so inspiring. I am so impressed at how well these old buildings are being taken care of. They almost look brand new.

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    1. Stewart Hall is an amazing building. As far back as I go, it’s never been a student focused building. It was completed in 1902, used as a library until the early 1930s but has been an administration building ever since. It is a beautiful structure, and I’m glad they keep it well maintained.

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  44. Blue and gold are also the colors of my Alma Mater! Here’s my humble addition. https://jttwissel.com/2023/08/31/off-the-beaten-path-thursdaydoors/

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    1. I think those are popular colors, Jan but they look good together.

      I enjoyed your post. I hope that area gets some attention.

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  45. Now, them’s my kind of buildings! The place where you lived is kinda plain, but it makes up for it by being a place where Our Fearless Leader lived. My pictures are new angles on old subjects: https://marianallen.com/2023/08/thursday-doors-corydoors-same-thing-only-different/

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    1. That apartment was less plain when I lived there. I think it’s been modified to make room to pack a few more renters in. I camped out there for three years, and it worked well for my roommate and me.

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  47. I remember that center door very well! Being in the middle, it was a little easier to find late on a Saturday night :)

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    1. That little dividing wall between the two sections of the porch also came in handy ;-)

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  48. Fantastic doors this week. Here’s my humble contribution from the South Island of New Zealand. https://dancingwithmagpies.wordpress.com/2023/08/30/a-couple-of-doors-in-an-unusual-town/

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    1. Thanks, and thanks for joining us !

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  49. Thursday? I got it in my head that today was Wednesday. Hmmm… what does that mean about Wednesday? Anyhow, wonderful doors, Dan. I’m glad you took plenty of pictures. Hugs.

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    1. The days fly by without warning, Teagan. This week has gone way too fast. I still have some pictures from this trip. Before too long, I need to get out and find another subject.

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  50. Thanks for the inspiring photos Dan. I finally found some interesting doors to photograph and share: http://www.goinglomo.com/2023/08/thursday-doors/
    Cheers!

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    1. Thanks Dan. You weren’t kidding when you said you found some interesting doors. Those are great!

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      1. Thanks! I was so excited when I found them!

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  51. I love the back door on Woodburn Hall, and the old train depot. Thanks, Dan!

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    1. I knew you would like the train station, Jennie. I’m so glad I discovered it (while trying to turn around after making a wrong turn). For them to put that kind of effort into a back door is amazing to me. I hope you have a great long weekend ahead.

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  52. That house you lived in for three years looks like it could be in Nebraska. So many historic homes in Lincoln are divided up this way. The university just screams history doesn’t it? Chemistry huh? I think you took a good turn.

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    1. The original owner built three apartments. HE and his wife lived in the one on top. He never rented to college students and we weren’t welcome in the neighborhood in the 70s. Now it looks like all student housing. Chemistry was fun, and a lot of lessons transferred to other tasks – especially problem solving. I’ve never met a chemist who was afraid of a problem with unknowns.

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      1. And we all appreciate that tenacity. 😊

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  53. […] These are my doors pictures from The Blood River Heritage Site for Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors challenge. You can join in Thursday Doors here: https://nofacilities.com/2023/08/31/more-from-morgantown/ […]

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  54. There are so many unusual and beautiful buildings especially Elizabeth Moore Hall, Puritan House, and Stewart Hall, and I do love train stations. But, my favorite is the back door of Woodburn Hall. That building is spectacular. I like the vibe of Morgantown, a nice place to attend university. Wishing you a happy weekend, Dan!

    Here’s my post for this week. https://brendasrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2023/09/01/thursday-doors-the-gardens-of-the-royal-alcazar-of-seville-spain/

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    1. Thanks Brenda. I think I’d still prefer the downtown campus to all the modern buildings. There is something special about a desire to make the back of the building as attractive as the front.We don’t see that these days.

      I loved your post!

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  56. Here’s mine for Thursday Doors

    I am ~ an American Sentence

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  57. […] But as you can imagine, it’s nothing like seeing it in person. But hope you enjoy the Thursday Doors gallery and captions I have under each photo. After 5 days on the road to various doctor […]

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  58. Must feel proud to have the connection to such a beautiful campus! The solid buildings show they intend to be around a long time. Our local community college used to be called Plywood U in jest. lol But they are still around in their defense. Plywood buildings are no more. :)

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    1. Almost all of the downtown campus buildings are over 100 years old. Woodburn Circle buildings are getting close to 150. Lots of people learned stuff there.

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  59. […] These are my doors pictures from The Blood River Heritage Site for Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors challenge. You can join in Thursday Doors here: https://nofacilities.com/2023/08/31/more-from-morgantown/ […]

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  60. Love the architect….love the doors!!

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    1. Thanks Kirt – these buildings are beautiful.

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