2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

i just went into the building tonight but it is crazy we saw so many things that we not right we took a pic of my friends girlfriend in a chair and right behind her was a lady in a long white dress and we got it all on tap it was nuts. we all were like lets keep going and find more then we were vidio taping this hallway and all we saw were little strings like objects going in crazy angals come at us and then you look up from the camra screen and you see nothing it was like it was never even there in total we spent about 2 hour inside and it was worth it if you ever have the chance to go and you dont mind trespassing then it is right up your allie oh and if you do go post it on here i would like another persons feed back

What a great place to search, must be really eerie at night and that's all the better. I would love to start searching abandoned buildings again.

Motts, you should have placed a beautiful girl just behind that lighted arch with her facing the viewer. That would make the photo more surreal.

if i had the money i would restore if i could and live there. with friends of course. i would go nuts alone there.

I would not be able to contain myself. id head right over to it. and everyone would know when i got in it cause the whole damn thing would be collapsing.

oh no see now thats why im scaredto go into abandoned buildings at night my ass would have just fallen down that hole

man that is one beautiful school. can you imagine you had your little second floor balconys. to go outside and study ansdd look down onth the yard see your friends. its almost to much i really love this stuff.

Oh Man That Is One Hell Of An Elevator Wish I could Have Been Around in its Hey day

Wow That place is amazing . Would Love to visit it.

I will try to return before it is demolished :-)

Honestly, but I' ve obsessed over this amazing collection of photos for so long I'm seeing them in my sleep. Seems we're all in agreement that we'd greatly appreciate a second helping of photos, (please!) dear Mott's, before there's nothing left to look at. Whatda'ya think? Any chance of a return visit? Maybe the crazed caretaker will be off visiting a turkey farm over Thanksgiving and you'll then be free to be....

Damn, but these amazing pics make me almost insanely sad. My mother worked at Bennet t for several years in the 60' - 70's and can't believe that the "powers that be" have shown such disinterest in this beautiful place and allowed it to fall to such tragic ruin. One of her duties was serving meals in the dining room and she recalls in particular how the girls regularly engaged in ice cream wars. They'd fling spoonfuls of the cold creamy stuff at each other from large bowls that were placed on the tables for dessert. Made quite a mess as you can imagine.

I bet those light fictures are very rare and impossible to find.

Haven't been on here to check on my favorite site for some time and just want to say thanks to all of you who took a moment to share a memory or two about Bennett/Halcyon Hall. (is Motts photography the absolute best or what!) Although I live out of state now, Millbrook is my hometown and not only is this site fantastic, I'm especially intrigued by you, Pat Ratchet, and your project on James Ware. Please keep us posted as to your progress with this. I also see another terrific project for you in consideration of your impressive knowledge and insight into the history of Bennett. How about putting something together about this amazing place that we all love so madly?
Bad enough we're slated to lose our town treasure, it would be positively tragic to sacrafice tales and photo's of its incredible past along with the wrecking-ball. (Including a special chapter on all the idiots responsible for even allowing this day to come.) Would love to hear from you: wrddreamer@comcast.net

i hardly find it shallow or self serving to
express some desire to preserve some
aspect of the history of this property!
Too many of the "players" in the impending demise-for-development
are the same characters who wish that freedom of speech ends at the Millbrook village's borders. Yeah? Well, TOO BAD!
not everybody concerned about this current plan are among those who turned a blind eye to restoration. THE
VILLAGE GOVERNMENT HAS WANTED
THIS SITE CLEAR FOR CONDOS going
back to 1983. The developer MAY or MAY NOT do something "positive with the
property"; that remains to be seen.
Rather than cashless complaining,
some people regard bringing historical voices to bear on the debate, ALONG
WITH the [inevitable} development, as
a mitigative factoring influence on
the developer DOING WHAT HE CAN,
and WHERE HE CAN, to TRY to preserve some aspect of the clearly
marvelous architecture represented,
WHERE POSSIBLE, This is all anyone is
really asking for.But boy, that really bugs
some people, doesn't it? Those
pesky history lovin interferers! Drat!

NO ONE is interfering, or "making problems" for the developers!! They have
been given a full spread eagle green light by the village board to do
practically whatever the hell they want with this site!
If they are acting in good faith as {new}
members of the community, they would be looking at trying to do this without
having to be shamed into it by, you
know,LOCAL AND ACADEMIC OPINIONS. I have heard that they are
trying to do just this, in terms of salvaging some of the architecture, which is encouraging. They seem to be
acting in good faith.
If on the other hand, it is so painfully
deleterious on the poor senses of the
developer or his affiliated defenders to
have to GOD FORBID...LISTEN TO SOMEONE'S OPINION ON THE TOPIC, or mock their right to do so for fear of interfering with their rammed through
business plan, then they are BY
DEFINITION ignorant a-holes who
should expect as much oversight, scrutiny, propagandizing against their
positions, and likewise as much mockery as they insist on heaping on
those of a differing opinion.

In other words: your getting your way!
and you'll all make a bundle. SO DON"T EXPECT ANYONE, LEAST OF ALL PEOPLE LEGITIMATELY OPPOSED TO YOUR PLAN FOR WHATEVER REASONS,TO CRY AND WHINE ABOUT YOUR P.R. PROBLEMS!!!
happy demo-ing
ps: good luck with the asbestos