*Proposed Old Schoolhouse Expansion Plan*      EXPANSION FACTS The outside of the new building will replicate the old building. The interior of the new building will continue to represent the details contained in the current building. The new building will not be higher than the current building. There will be a handicapped entrance from the parking lot to both buildings and continuing into the patio. There will be two phases of construction. Phase I will be on the west side; Library and Research Center, Office and a climate controlled storage room. The Library will be utilized as a meeting-lecture facility until Phase II is completed. Phase I will encompass 1,640 square feet. Phase II will be on the south side; Assembly-Lecture Hall and Kitchen. The Phase II building will have handicapped access to and from Cottonwood and the patio. Phase II will encompass 1,440 square feet. Once complete the configuration of the Old Schoolhouse Museum will be in the shape of a "U". In the center of the "U" will be an outdoor patio for meetings, summer lectures and Barbecues. The patio will be enclosed with a low sitting wall and a gate. The current library will move into the new Library-Research Center. The microfilm station for "Desert Trail" research will be set up in the Library-Research Center. The current office and all the files in the classroom will move into the new office space. Both computers and other office machines will be in the new office space. The current office space will become a storage room and office for the gift shop. The classroom will then return to a Classroom Exhibit. The Climate-Controlled Storage room will contain all artifacts not on display, Desert Trail newspapers, paintings, clothing, maps, certain fragile and non-replaceable photographs and books. The new Assembly-Lecture Hall load limits will be in excess of 150 people. The new Kitchen will be 360 square feet and far superior to the tiny room now called ‘kitchen.’ Both Phase I and Phase II and the patio will be Handicapped Accessible. The estimated cost is $70.00 per square foot. For more details please read our Society President's Message. click here