2,174 Comments for Bennett School for Girls

I would have choosen this room as my very own!

only bad progress in Millbrook

it does have a creepy effect to.;

looks fun. great pic.

is that the view of rt 343

hey nycisee R U A H2O fan

the clock stopped at 9

I graduated Bennett in 1974 and have such great memories. It truly breaks your heart to see such a magnificent structure fall to ruins. I'm glad I found this site. The pictures of the school in its early days are great. Are there any other pictures that show the inside during the good times?

yes ! ! ! there truely is a god.....

thanx for the info- if it's torn down by Oct please post so I won't be surprized

Wow! This is some excellent news, Pat Ratchet, our spot-on, up-to-the-minute, main man (the ears, eyes, and always honest pen of all news Bennett!). You have no idea how I'm loving this particular posting of yours, but rest assured, you made my day, and I thank you abundantly! Long live out beloved ruin!

the Brickmann Blumenthal plan to develop the Bennet college property has hit a major roadblock. The New York State Dept of Environmental Conservation has ordered the millbrook planning board to recind the N.E.D.
allowing the project to proceed, based upon
'procedural errors, insufficient, and erroneous information."
Among the boards blunders were their failure to include the DEC as an involved agency. They also failed to adequately
address impact on two protected streams on the property. This oversight occured in
the developers plans by being ignored as if they do not exist. The same goes for the Exmoore mansion, which IS a historic property, and can be clearly demonstrated to be so. They just pretended it does not exist.
The State Historic Sites Restoration Coordinator has declared Exmoore was not even on the submitted site plans, and that changes in the plan would be required to mitigate the proposed development's impact
on this historic property.

There is also a huge problem relating to water supply, storm runoff, etc that have not been adequately adressed by the developer
in their proposal.
The NYS DEC declared the negative declaration [allowing the proposed development to go forward] be rescinded or amended immediately.

The developer has expressed surprise at this
turn of events, having recently seen the process go pretty much their way despite
overwhelming opposition to this development.

So the race to tear down local history is slowed once again.and not just because of no one dotting I's or crossing T's.
There are serious problems with the substance of the plan on commercial,
environmental, and legal grounds, and the
disgraceful, unethical if not illegal actions
of the board in trying to ram through this
fiasco only underscores their complicity in
trying to defy the public will and interest as
it relates to the gateway to the community.

Send in the lawyers, ho ho...

pics don't do it any justice

I am glad someone had courage to get in there and take a RISK long lost history

JM3 -I share your enthusiasm