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Behind the Berrybrook School in Duxbury, Massachusetts, stands an old beat-up shed. Teachers were using it for overflow storage in 2012 when Michael Burrey, a restoration carpenter working on a project at the school, came across the building. Inside, looking past the scattered toys and tricycles, he recognized the space for what it was: A woodworking shop. An extremely old one that predated electricity, judging by the “1789" painted on a roof beam and the remains of a treadle-powered lathe.
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“All the benches were there," Burrey told The Boston Globe. More giveaways as to the structure’s purpose: “The way the benches are in relation to the windows, how the light comes in to light an area, the location of the tool racks on the walls."
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