Weatherby though small was a unique design, unlike many Detroit Schools this one for some reason used slated flooring a ton in place of stairs, and the stairs that were present almost seemed as they were trying to accomplish a purposely small footprint. Many banners remained intact over the course of 20 years. Papers also lined the hallways, common in early abandoned schools in Detroit, before scrapping became mainstream in the Detroit School space. Though many of the papers had been burned.