At some point in the history of the old Brown Shoe Factory, an addition was secured to the west side of the original structure that was built in the 1920s and is now owned by the Mattoon, IL school district.

Over time, the newer section has separated from the main building, peeling away from top to bottom like a loose postage stamp, creating an ever-widening gap in the floor of the third-story hallway.

It could almost serve as an object lesson for earth science students studying plate tectonics and continental drift.

Instead, it has contributed to a larger dilemma for school district officials contemplating how to demolish the old shoe factory