2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

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WORD IS THEY WILL BE DEMOLISHING THE LANMARK I FEEL FOR ALL IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A WONDERFUL PLACE AT ONE TIME.
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Yes I'm pretty sure that was a porch that you could hang out on, I think I remember seein an old photo of people sitting in chairs on top of this.
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I can see how this would remind you of "Littlest Princess".
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Mr. Mott,
was that a second story 'porch' or was there no access to that part when the school was open?...can't tell if its only for fire evacuation purposes...oh to have seen this building in its hayday.
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i love the shattered reflection on the pieces of glass!
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I lived down the road from this school growing up. My grandfather always wanted to buy it and fix it up. Does anyone know if it was ever sold at auction? Beautiful artchitecture though I would love to see what it looked like in the beginning. If anyone has pictures I'd appreciate it if you could send me some. ctpie488@aim.com Thank You
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Memories ... I had an old clawfoot tub in my house in California. I loved it! But I loved my sweetheart more, now I bathe in a "modern" fiberglass tub.
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For some reason, this photo gives me the creeps...
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It would take a lot of work, there's an ocean of rotten wood in this place not to mention asbestos, mold, etc., but the results would be outstanding.
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That looks like the ribcage of some sort of plastic beastie on the floor...
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This is beautiful....its just amazingly dark ,creepy and the lighting is ace man.
Fantastic. The classic horror pic!
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When I worked/lived there as a child, the wonderful ol' place would never have been allowed to look so unkept. I spent many hours here, wondering if I would ever get to leave Millbrook, and now I sometimes wish I never left. My dad's spirit walks the halls of Bennett, those are the voices everyone is talking about! Don't piss him off, you won't like him when he's pissed off!
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I used to work there summers on the paint crew and groundskeeping crew when my dad worked there. He worked there from the age of 16 until Bennett's untimely demise. I have lots of fond memories of the place. I can be contacted at croosa@cfl.rr.com.
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This is an old freight elevator that I used to ride in with my dad when I would go with him weekends sometimes to work. It was cable operated and the cables went through the "car" itself and had to be pulled to get the elevator to start.
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That chimney has a cap on it and probably has more than one flue. The "cap" is to keep weather and wind from downdrafting the flues.