De Kalb Meeting House Museum - Part 1

I've driven through the town of Dekalb many times since I moved here, but never noticed there was a museum. Instead, I learned of its existence on the internet. It was only open a few hours each week, but open all year long, so I drove about one hour southwest to see it:

It was located in the former Methodist Episcopal Meeting House, erected in 1839. I recognized the the foyer as that of an old church immediately. I used to attend an old country church with the same layout:

Indeed, this clearly had been a church where the pastor stood at the door after services and shook hands with the members as they left for home. I met the historian (whose offices were upstairs) and asked where to find a bathroom. He told me they were out back, so I went right back out through those doors and began looking:

I found these two doors, both locked, plus another, smaller outhouse. It too was locked, but there were plenty of trees, so I was soon back inside the museum:

The foyer contained mostly photos and charts and maps, etc., but there was this telegraph which was used at the De Kalb Junction railroad station until it closed in 1964:

At the De Kalb Junction Post Office in ----- Oops, it didn't give a year. I would guess, judging by the outfits, 1890 to 1915. What do you think?:

This was Main Street in 1962. It doesn't look much different today:

Franklin D. Rooselvelt passed through De Kalb Junction in 1940:

And there was theater:

And a stage coach. Again, no year:

The bell from the old De Kalb Junction school:

You may wonder what that school looked like. Well, here is a photo of it. There were geology displays and Civil War displays in the foyer, but I was anxious to get into the meeting house hall and see the artifacts. I'll post about that tomorrow: