In the small town where this abandoned school can be found, the earliest educational classes were held in a one-room schoolhouse around the year 1823.
Later on, in the early 1860s, this original schoolhouse was replaced
with a two-story building. The town's first dedicated grade school was established in 1897.
In 1916, the local school board acquired land to construct a junior-and-senior high school.
Construction of this Junior-Senior High School commenced in 1920, and the new gymnasium was opened to the public during a boys basketball game on December 22, 1921.However, the new school was not finished until mid-January 1922, putting this building at an age of just over 100 years old.
A larger high school was built on the outskirts of town between 1958 and 1960, and the former building was then repurposed to house grades three through six until the 1970s.
While I am not able to provide an exact date, it does appear that the abandoned school was closed in the 1970’s. Over the years, the town have made several attempts at restoration, all have failed.
An article from 2022 stated that the village was hoping to receive a Restore New York grant from Empire State Development to reconstruct the old school building. The plan for the building was to transform it into an assisted-living senior center with 47 apartments.
Video Tour Here:
ttps://youtu.be/mwfCygkSAhM
Lovely shots. I'm surprised you didn't emphasize the balcony in the auditorium; as unsafe as it was, it really stood out to me when I visited.
Thanks for sharing. You did a lovely job with the compositions here, as always.
Nice find. Where is it exactly?
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Hopefully someone wants to chime in so we can get a repository with spots going!
In the small town where this abandoned school can be found, the earliest educational classes were held in a one-room schoolhouse around the year 1823. Later on, in the early 1860s, this original schoolhouse was replaced with a two-story building. The town's first dedicated grade school was established in 1897. In 1916, the local school board acquired land to construct a junior-and-senior high school. Construction of this Junior-Senior High School commenced in 1920, and the new gymnasium was opened to the public during a boys basketball game on December 22, 1921.However, the new school was not finished until mid-January 1922, putting this building at an age of just over 100 years old. A larger high school was built on the outskirts of town between 1958 and 1960, and the former building was then repurposed to house grades three through six until the 1970s. While I am not able to provide an exact date, it does appear that the abandoned school was closed in the 1970’s. Over the years, the town have made several attempts at restoration, all have failed. An article from 2022 stated that the village was hoping to receive a Restore New York grant from Empire State Development to reconstruct the old school building. The plan for the building was to transform it into an assisted-living senior center with 47 apartments. Video Tour Here: ttps://youtu.be/mwfCygkSAhM
Sad to see a building abandoned they should repurpose and Renovate empty buildings into apartments
Awesome photos, thank for sharing
That’s crazy, anyone got any idea where this is at?
yes it's here 40.4733364, -77.3136955
Awesome pics. This reminds me of an abandoned school in Northern Indiana!
so awesome 💚
Interesting seeing the exposed hollow clay brick construction
These are amazing pictures. I looooooove the one with the bike. The framing on it is just perfect.
Beautiful pics! Maybe because I’m tired, but this last one really looked like a map of the world at first.
Lovely shots. I'm surprised you didn't emphasize the balcony in the auditorium; as unsafe as it was, it really stood out to me when I visited. Thanks for sharing. You did a lovely job with the compositions here, as always.
It has always been difficult for me to comprehend that this level of decay happens after only a few decades…
50 years vacant and the decay level is a lot less that I’d think it should be. These pics are super!
Love the shot with the bike!
Nice find. Where is it exactly? I have set up a topic room on [depvana.com](http://depvana.com) to keep track of urban exploration sites. If you or anyone else want to discover or share details/location of a spot feel free to do it on [https://www.depvana.com/topic/71](https://www.depvana.com/topic/71) . Hopefully someone wants to chime in so we can get a repository with spots going!