Fourth Floor/Attic

The attic of Old Main appears to be basically unchanged since 1905 (there are no historic photographs of that part of the building in the Archives). Modern photographs of the attic show original elements such as wooden floors and steel support beams. Evidence of the higher-ceilinged 3rd-floor classrooms can be seen in the raised elements that protrude into the attic. Evidence of the skylight which is visible in historic photographs can also be easily seen; newer wood and seams mark the area where the 3rd-floor classroom's ceiling and the roof section above it had been cut and later sealed when the skylight was removed.

The original steel and large timber beams still provide the structural support for Old Main's high peaked roof.

This raised section housed the roof of the old assembly hall. Evidence of the original curved plaster ceiling can be seen under the insulation.

This section of roof shows where a skylight used to be located above the 3rd floor lecture hall. In one of the many renovation/modernization efforts that have occured since 1905, the skylight was removed.

This view of the attic shows the four chimneys and raised portions of the classrooms coming up from the 3^rd floor.