2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

I think it would have given me nightmares as well.

I was raised in Millbrook, NY and remember when Bennett College was thriving. It added even more charm to the lovely village of Millbrook. It is very sad to see what time and neglect has done to what was once a beautiful campus.

my interest is soo picqued over this whole issue

Pat is right, it seems like all of us that went in there all ended up with upper respiratory infections. And there no fun

Yes Wanderer it was at night. Btw if anyone happens to go there and ends up finding a black Wallet with an ID to a Kyle J McCullough. If you mail it back il gladly pay, i think I lost it during my sprint haha

I love lynne! lol. shes funny. i love eap!

i never get tired of looking at this place

kyle i assume it was dark when u went in there?? hmmmm- don't want to get kicked off the board --

My boyfriend and I were online tonight trying to find pictures of an huge abandoned building we drove by about two years ago. Not sure what sparked us to look tonight, maybe we are getting into the friday the thirteenth spirit. We looked through numerous sights until we finaly narrowed our search down by searching for buildings near poughkipsee. We found this sight and started looking at the pictures and found it! Right here! The weird thing is, is he was just reading about Bennett College last night online and how it was haunted? He didn't see pictures and of course didnt make a connection between that story and this crazy building we stopped to photograph two years ago while on the road. We are so excited to finaly know the story behind this captivating place!!

So whoever said the Caretaker likes messing with people, your right. I was just there not even 2 hours ago. We walked around and every once in a while we heard a creak. figured old building thats normal. there was 6 of us walking around to see the structure of the building. 2 of them had to leave so we walked them to the exit, but the wierd thing was the door was shut, but we never shut it.
we walk them to the window which we entered and they left. we walk up to the 3rd floor and hear a louder creek. we stopped and went dead silent. All of a sudden we hear-Step, step, step, step, BOOM!!" the door in front of us slams shut, it took us 5 minutes to get where we were it took us 2 minutes to have ran all the way through the building, get out and run to the daycare parking lot and leave. it was crazy

to the last one to post no motion sensers huh? I noticed the no trespassing sign was either gone or faded enuff for me to be there in late of 08 still not gutsy enff to peek in

Ive been to this place one time so far. It was actually this week. Vandalism was definatly a major thing that made my blood boil. Demonic phrases and everything spray painted on the wall, Beer bottles, Ciggarette packs. Some areas the floors were to rotted to step. Ceilings caved in in some areas. I never found the auditorium. I actually found maps of the building on the internet.
What would be pretty cool is if the Millbrook board decided to not sell the building But start something like a "Adopt a room" project where famlilies that want to see the building restored and stand for a few hundred more years can donate money to renovate the rooms. Or even to demolish the woodwork, and rebuild it to what it once was and open it as a museum, or since the place does have so much history now. Im sure reopening it as a hotel would attract many people. It cant be to hard to go by all the maps on the internet ive found to make blueprints of the building again

bennett college is in millbrook ny,
travel east from poughkeepsie ny on rt 44,
come to the light at the junction of rt 44,
county route 82, and county route 343.

Bennett is diagonally northeast from the light, it IS RIGHT there, in winter you can even see it. I am astonished when people can't seem to locate the place! I would discourage people from going in there, you in all probability could be arrested, and it is extremely unsafe anyway.

but what the hell? i enjoy all of your tresspassing adventures vicariously, since
it is certain that if I, pat ratchet, were caught doing so, they would throw the proverbial book at me, with extreme prejudice, for reasons that are crystal clear to anyone who's read previous posts, and for even more
reasons that will never be made public.

In the interest of full disclosure, i must relate
that a signifigant portion of the info i have posted the last 3 and a half years came directly from The Millbrook Round Table.
Through my No-Bullshit lens, of course.

But The Millbrook Round Table has just gone Out of Business. Announced Tuesday, The last issue comes out Tommorrow. Taconic Press, its' publisher has gone bankrupt.
7 other Dutchess County papers under the Taconic umbrella will also fold as a result.
The Millbrook Round Table's demise seems sadder and more shocking I suppose, because all of Taconic's offices countywide
were located in Millbrook; not to mention that it was published continually since the 1890"s.

in terms of sourcing, i have lost my main source of info on proceedings about Halcyon / Bennet. My supplementary conduits derive mainly from discrete gossip
amongst individuals and entities in local construction, real estate, business, and
legal circles. So it could be awhile before
I am able to provide any more scuttlebutt,
as I am prone now to wind down my muckraking, rather than ratcheting it up, so...


let's just say that the local paper going bellyup is a dream come true for the proposal before Millbrook to develop Bennett College. despite their having been practically cheerleaders for the entire scenario, they
were the only check at all on any
of these developments.

for myself on personal level, i am ready this year to become visibly active on my project on James E Ware & Sons, Architects.
I intend to give lectures locally, in anticipation
of publishing material on the subject.
Halcyon Hall and it's history wil be among the centerpieces of these presentations,
as it is within the architects ouevre.
Perhaps this could put a more public face on
Halcyon's continuing saga.

Bennett is off the Taconic. thats all I will say ^_^

can someone tell me where this place is