2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

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To: DJ - I graduated 1967. Seeing the college in this state is heartbreaking. The head of the English Dept. was Charles Alva Hoyt (you can google him). Mildred Johnson went out west to a university I believe in Idaho. I tried to contact her and she was in a local nursing home. I spoke to her briefly but I think she had Alzheimers. This was three years ago. I didn't have any contact with the French Dept. To see such an architecturally significant building abandoned in this way is a travesty in every way.
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i would love to go there
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i want a wall paper of this photo!!
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The elevator that will lower you to hell.
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they used to have one of those at my church that i would play with as a kid. i think they threw it out. it looked exactly the same, though.
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hehe its got feet, and the pipe at this end is its tail.
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The interior is completely trashed but all the windows are still intact, noticed it in a few shots now. Trippy.
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The light shades are very super cool.
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Skeletal Marionette. Nice analogy.
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They're quite crass, aren't they.
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Reminds me of stuff going down the back of the couch.
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Poe who? I'm guessing it's not the littlest Teletubbie.
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have you ever been in any buildings that have aspestos?
that would be my constant fear.
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I was on a business trip and passed by this. I stoped to take some pics. What a beautiful place this is. I have read through all the posts above and think that it's sad they are going to tear it down. I thought it was much older but guess not. Anyway, I enjoyed the woman who posted a response who attended this school. I'd love to hear more stories like that.
-Jeremy
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Sounds like you (Mr.Ratchet) are quite an authority on the old Bennett College. I am the brother of another person who has contacted you (flswan63@earthlink.net) and the son of the man she spoke of who was the head of the heating plant, maintenance, etc. I would like to hear more about what is going on with the old place, put a lot of hours in there, used to live in the Bennett's houses they used to own up on Oak Summit Rd. Have since moved to Fl. and curious about what the powers that be (most are people I went to school with in Millbrook) have allowed to happen there. E-mail: croosa@cfl.rr.com