2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

Actually, Amy, it's where we curled up to read our mail!

No way water can be in the radiators..heating system had to be shut down before vacany. But do you know that those old radiators are worth at least $10 per coil? I can see about 25 in this pic

I don't ever remember being in an elevator as big as this!!!

i need to talk to pat ratchet, please email me. i'm from millbrook and in love with the college. please. slimgrady16v@hotmail.com

THE MILLBROOK PLANNING BOARD
HAS APPROVED PLANS TO DEVELOP
THE BENNETT COLLEGE PROERTY.
the approved developer is going to put
ABOUT 95 HOMES here. they can put
up to 112. what a sport. there is some
outlying property on this parcel, but certainly not enough to build this many,
WITHOUT ACTUALLY BUILDING ON OR
DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HALCYON HALL'S FOUNDATION, WHICH MUST BE "PRESERVED" UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS DEAL.
in other words, GOODBYE, the building
IS COMING DOWN.
alot of people are not happy about this
development regardless of the building's fate. It is the entire character
of the village that will be affected. This
property has been a sylvan, serene,
park-like setting since before 1892,
and is still now. my god they are gonna ruin another beautiful place with
obscene condominiums!

yeah, even though it is a distinctly
Tudor /Queen Anne building, i've
always thought it had a real Bavarian
feel to it, the architect kinda specialized
in that look in the 1890's. technically it's
a Victorian, but the feel is really more
medieval /Germanic, especially with
the projecting eaves overhanging
everywhere.you should see it in the wintertime after a heavy snow, it is
just...magical. A blanket of snow almost
takes away the damage of the years...

yes, all of the balconies had substantial
balustrades, quite beautiful. the
"spindles" are all missing from this
one, no doubt kicked out by gleeful vandals in the 90's. actually they were all
rotted out anyway, and may have been
removed as part of the onetime "too
little-too late" attempts at halting the
deterioration about a decade back.
in any event, i never heard of any girls
[or boys!] falling from Halcyon's fair
balconies! i myself have almost fallen off
it's many roofs on numerous occasions,
but that is another story....

I would love to be able to do up a place like this and live there...modern houses and buildings don't have any of the charm and allure that older buildings seem to literally ooze. You're not weird Amy, if you are me and Kadee are right there with ya!

Your not weird Amy, when I first looked at this gallery I felt the same way, especially in comparison to the asylums and hospitals. You can just picture it fixed up and lived in, it is a beautiful place

Maybe I'm weird or something, I don't know. Everyone is making comments about how creepy this building is, or how it would make the perfect setting for a horror movie. I don't see it that way, though. I think the building is beautiful, and -- at least from the outside -- has a really cozy, inviting charm about it. But like I said, maybe I'm weird and it's just me that feels that way.

How could more than one person walk down that hallway at a time? I can just imagine going one way while someone was going the other way, and the two of us getting stuck. Waaaaaaay too narrow for comfort here.

That is absolutely stunning. I'm not sure if anyone here has been to the Castle in the Clouds (in Moultonborough, NH), but this turret reminds me a lot of it.

If those porches were indeed functionable when the school was in use, as Motts has attested to, would they have had railings around them? I can see a little bit of a railing (I think), but it doesn't look to be too high. I can't imagine feeling too safe, lounging on a second story porch with no railing, knowing that one false move would send me plummeting into the courtyard. Of course, maybe those Bennett girls were a lot more coordinated and graceful than I am, and falling off balconies wasn't an issue for them...

I second Valmont's notions about the clock. I personally think it would've looked much cooler if the center of the original clock (the one that the 12 hands on the wall belonged to) hadn't been replaced with a more generic, run-of-the-mill clock. It would give the room more character and flair.

This room makes me think of the '60's, what with that funky clock and the curtains and the light fixtures. I like it. I can imagine this making one hell of a living room, if the building was to be converted into a house. All it needs is some art deco furniture and a smattering of shag carpeting, and you're good to go.

I also like how the modernistic vibe given off by the curtains and clock and such contrast so well with the more classical, tudor-style architecture of the building. Quite stylish, in an unexpected sort of way.

I love abandoned places where nature has kind of taken it upon herself to take over the property and move in, just like in this shot. Places where you get the feeling of being outdoors when you're really indoors. It makes me think of a courtyard on the inside of a castle or fortress.