I cannot believe the desk withstood the test of time. I have one of those old wooden ones. Seems you just cannot kill them. I found it in a thrift shop for $20 and have had it forever.
I found on Google, 1940's for sure. It looked real, the others, not so much. The crucifix shape was interesting. At first it reminded me of the Red Cross symbols that the military was fond of using during that time, although most of them were painted, so me were built that way. Could the tower have been a watchtower of sorts? The numbers in the building look reminiscent of old WW2 military buildings here in the States. Usually building numbers to identify where you are putting things, maybe?
It's not like Spotty was getting kickback or anything. I have no idea why they feel like it is their job to tattle on you two. You don't look homeless or like you are robbing the place with your cameras. I realize that people do vandalize, but, isn't he intelligent enough to make a distinction?
There wasn't much left of this place, sadly, and I think they actually have only one left intact, but, your really made the pictures quite nice. A very photogenic space there. I have great respect for these (most often, very young) women, they made a major contribution to reducing the country's food imports, and actually produced about 70% of all the food the country needed. Pretty awesome and thank you for an interesting post on it!