2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

This place is so beautiful, it sucks that they let it rot.

I want to own this place and restore it to its former glory (pity I live in another country and couldn't even afford to buy it never mind renovate it!!), think its such a beautiful building and such a shame its rotting away.
Great to see you back and love the new photo's :)

You're back!! Can't wait to look through these new additions!

Wow motts awesome pics as always. I would have been afraid to go into that building with it being in such bad shape. Did u run into any problems while inside or was a little bit better on the inside.

I love old style wood paneling. Reminds me why I love old buildings.

oh motts, thanks so much for this one. wow.
This sort of scrollwork was part of the architect's overlay of European detail
upon English formalism,in this case Swiss. In it's day,it was polychromed in a two to
three color paint scheme. This alliterative sort of ornament is what gives the Tudor
half-timbering added character of it's own. Brilliant....

love all the "new"pics. This room is actually the main dining room,from 1926,by
Boston architects Allen & Collens. In the same location as it's predecessor, but much larger,and more Tudor. It does remarkably adhere well to the original style as pictured
in the vintage shot of the main hall/parlor, though. Ah, they could certainly BUILD back then,eh?

happy new year, bennett fans, great seeing posts from everyone.
tech glitches have kept me away,but the site's new redux seems user friendly again.
I'm glad people's posts are accessible again, it is now keeping ME up to date on what's up at Bennett. Continuing collapse[s], yeah. People setting fires apparently?!? That is so dangerous for whatever misguided reason. Wow.Hope it is/was an isolated
prank,or whatever.
And people call ME crazy.

Anyway,I've nothing new to add, been off the bennett tip, as it were.
I think it is just a slow careen towards collapse.Perhaps gravity will reduce the
price tag of having to demo so much, eh? More of a haul-away kind of contract,maybe.
I'd still bet the state will have to get involved,the county wants NOTHING TO DO WITH
any part of what is going to happen here,eventually.

Great hearing from my opacity friends,for now it is how you are all keeping ME informed!

Is there a new batch of recent Mott's photos? or outtakes, as it were? I will have to
look.

I'll try to shake the tree and see what might be new as far as newz on the great old lady goes. Happynewyears folks!-cheers

I found the way this rooms were built really interesting! ... All of them have strangely shaped roofs and walls. The picture before this one was the one that called my attention the most. I would feel really disturbed in a room like that. Great pictures!

I love the new format Motts,Welcome back mate.

Love hallway shots!

W00t! Motts is back!!!

Actually the abandoned photo isn't the same room as the photo below, this abandoned room is somewhat of a mystery to me. My best guess is it is the eastern wing building's lower floor. Possibly it could also be the lower floor of the building on the opposite side of the courtyard. But my bets go for eastern east wing building. The one with the turret.

The architecture here is quite different also, and the turret building's lower level was remade at some point. It used to be a huge open porch. Which could explain the different style.

One more thing, this is the eastern wing stairwell.

What you are looking at in this photo is the stairs midway between the 2nd Floor and 3rd Floor ( translation 3rd and 4th ) the central window that leads out to an inverted part of the building. There are many windows in this inverted part... I don't know if there is an official name for that particular architecture. But these windows are midway between every aboveground floor.

Also the window above, is actually a gable dormer.