2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

My mother went to Bennett, and and her older cousin taught dance and drama there. They both loved Bennett very much. My great-uncle endowed Gage Hall. Seeing these beautiful but poignant photographs reminds me of so many of the stories I heard when I was growing up. Once, after I taken a much needed bath in a similarly wonderfully deep claw-footed bathtub, Mama noticed that I had left a dirty ring in the tub. First she scolded me, and then told me how mortified she had been, as a new student at Bennett ,when after leaving a similar ring in the bathtub, the "old" girl who came to use the tub next said to her "..and whom, pray tell , was your ladies maid last year???!!!

point well taken- i was thinkin' of slipping out of town and watching the fiasco - would break the bank for it -where to find the TRUTH- save the expletives for tthe wrecking crew

hey wanderer! asking the village will be futile, even if they respond,
it would just be more fuckin LIES, right? oops i'm swearing already

SORRY... but, uh... the Millbrook Independent tries to cover the scene,
but they can't seem to even deliver my subscription to me, so....

sorry for the no spell check- I really can spell just a bad typer

according to a correspondent for the Millbrook Independent 'legal demo to start in the autumn however no one has the money' i'd love to be there if it happens but would they have to wrap it to keep out dangerous debris and asbestos fumes or I could park my lawn chair across the street with a surgery mask ? What is your take on ths Mr. Ratchet ? I was told to find out more by contacting the Independent or the village of Millbrook- this thing is takeing on a persona of all it's won

Just found this place on Mothers Day 2011, guy at the Pumpkiin House in Millbrook said they are going to tear it down in October this year :( ...wish they wouldn't

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i dont want this place torn downit would be sad

well wanderer, technically the village itself is planning on finally,
after 34 years, enforcing it's building code regarding unsafe buildings,
which Halcyon is indisputably. The owner has agreed to demolish
the original hotel/ school portion, and if I'm not mistaken, the other
derelict structures, including the science building, as well as the two
frat / faculty type houses. The theater on the hill is supposedly on
reserve as a possiblly "historic' resource, because there is no funding
to inspect it, despite plaintiffs in one of several lawsuits offering to
pay for an independent inspector.

Tearing down this building is a Tremendous job, and very expensive.
I cannot imagine the owner doing so without some expectation that
the development proposed for the property move forward.

the only website i know that keeps up to date on this is...Mott's Opacity!

Like you Wanderer, I no longer live in Millbrook, just visit. But if I lived
here or near,
Rather than lament history at this point, or hope for some sort of renewal, i think locals who care should be concerned with making sure that the demo and remediation of this property is done in
full compliance with the Law, and Safety Standards, most of which are
a freakin joke to begin with, but the only safeguard whatsoever
against Complete Disregard that there seems to be .

so this place is coming down, lawsuits will be resolved, the scope
and scale of the original project will be scaled way back, most if
not all plans for preservation of stonework, resiting of intact elements,
sympathetic recreation of historic roofline etc.- all that schtick
supposedly planned for for this development, will probably be
shitcanned first, hell, if i owned it i'd do it out of spite.
All the opponents
of this development simply made the whole thing more expensive.
But probably mitigated the too large scope of the original plan.

Damn history freaks don't want demolition.

But most people Against the development WANT Halcyon torn down.

It is an important distinction, maybe too subtle, But demolition is Inevitable, irregardless
of any current order, or whatever. On the other hand, a huge, uncharacteristic housing development at the entrance to Millbrook,
is NOT inevitable. In six months time there will probably be groundbreaking going on for SOMETHING here where Halcyon once stood.

what becomes a legend most? how do you replace a landmark?

here once stood_______

what will be there now?

this building was the economic engine that built Millbrook from
before 1892 through the 1970's, and that 'development' went
forward ALWAYS with a regard for the nature, well -being,
rural character, and sense of stewardship that was ALREADY THERE
in the village.

you got a hard act to follow, fellas......

Pat Ratchet- what goes with Bennett school- what website can i visit to see what the village is planning

This is a truly breathtaking gallery. Thank you so much for posting the pics.

The windows make the turret look shocked

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Amazing post, honest!

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the [grandfathers] fathers of Millbrook don't seems to care - one must show them a reason to save it