# What type of place do you think this staircase could be based in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234 "2013-12-26T22:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234/21 "2014-01-01T02:33:45Z")
I’m going to go way out on a limb and guess it’s from somewhere in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234/22 "2014-01-01T02:56:12Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > Is it the same place as the last [What type of place do you think this could be?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=708030) thread? Didn’t see an answer to that post. What’s the point of guessing if we don’t get the answer? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234/23 "2014-01-01T17:55:16Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > Looks like a churchy thing to me. First thing I thought as well. It has that “warm institutional” feel that a lot of churches have once you get away from the worship hall part of the church. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234/24 "2014-01-01T18:06:06Z")
> [@bump](#): > > First thing I thought as well. It has that “warm institutional” feel that a lot of churches have once you get away from the worship hall part of the church. Too clean to be a school. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234/25 "2014-01-01T21:06:02Z")
There’s no required railing on either side. The building owner should write a blank check now because the first mistake will cost them. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234/26 "2014-01-01T22:35:52Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Yeah, I also thing that. The surrounding architecture screams “side door” that is not mainly used by a lot of people, and the small number of steps suggests it leads to an auditorium stage or similar raised floor area (like church podium or whatever). My first thought was “doors to backstage”, and I assumed it’s in a school based on not much actual evidence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234.md?page=1)