So I drove by my old kingdom hall the other day and noticed that it had a for sale sign in front of it. This came as no surprise to me, as I knew that they recently won approval to build a new kingdom hall in a neighboring town. (Caused a bit of a stir in town - but that's a different story). Anyway, I was curious as to how much it was going for, so I went online and found the listing! The listing had quite a few photos, and it reminded me of just how drab looking it was inside. Actually, I've been in kingdom halls that looked far worse - I just wonder who was responsible for bright orange chairs on green carpet in the second classroom! Although drab looking, it's still in very good condition - yet it's being sold because the "brothers" are turning a profit, and it gives business to the RBC. Talk about perpetuating urban sprawl... Anyway, I posted the listing's link to the pics for everyone to take a look...How does this kingdom look compared to the one you attended, or attend now? What wonderful kingdom hall memories does this bring up of the way yours looked, if any? :) http://www.ctreal.com/search.aspx?mls=G514089&d=1
Kingdom Hall Interiors
by TheMan 22 Replies latest jw friends
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TheMan
This is the link - I was using Google Chrome on my last post and didn't have all the formatting tools that IE has....so I wasn't able to make the link..here it is...
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stillajwexelder
That is a a nice hall - loads of space
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stillajwexelder
In London they would make at least tow separate halls out of that building
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Gram
Did you notice this KH has windows?
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TheMan
Interesting comment about the windows... Yeah, the only reason this one has windows is because the KH was originally built in the 50's. The ones built inthe 50's & 60's had windows. Notice the main auditorium has no windows - that was added on in the 80's when the entire building was renovated after it was set on fire by arsonists - no lie. It still boggles my mind that they're selling this hall (with no mortgage) off to build a new one.
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LDH
Built in the 50's for probably less than $50,000....probably took out a "loan" from the Society to remodel....which has long been paid off since it was done in the 80's.....now they're going to sell it, easily half-million in profit.... which will belong to "mother" because they'll have to take out a loan on the new property again....to pay mother....again.
By the way, that is the most joyless looking facility I have ever seen.
Bench chairs and a tacky ass 'year text.' Standard issue for all Kingdom Halls. Well almost. I know of a KH in Maryland in the 80's that had wireless mics and theatre seating.
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abbagail
I love orange and green! Great tropical Florida colors! But in the hallway they had MAROON and BLUE -- "Country Kitchen Colors" -- which I can't stand! Hardly a match w/orange and green!
And that drab yellowish curtain on the stage... surely there is a waterfall/paradise-earth mural behind it? ;-)
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When they redecorated my old hall, they did it in Maroon and Grey. Blah blah blah!
I always liked the colors of the KH down from the one I attended, as they did theirs in TEAL TEAL TEAL! ;-)
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In the ad, all they show is payments, but what's the big kahuna total price?
Not that I want to buy it, just curious. Though former KH's would make nice start-up places for Bible Churches... after they anoint it with oil and run the WT demonz out... ;-) -
Witness 007
Most old Halls look like they were designed by "Austin Powers" Shagga-delic baby yeah!
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Honesty
The interior resembles the "EAST" kingdom hall in Knoxville, TN. before it was remodeled in 1991.
It has been remodeled a few times since then.