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By their nature, sheds are small and unpretentious structures, typically built for storing lawnmowers and shovels and such. The red shed that had been affixed to the side of Lyman Laboratory of the Department of Physics for almost 70 years appeared to be no different - a minor wood building that seemed uncomfortably out of place next to the far more substantial Lyman, which was built out of brick and mortar in 1931.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2004/06/17-shed1-450-2.jpg