This school is a typical small town high school which was deemed unfit for purpose and closed when a few local school districts merged into one larger facility, which happens an awful lot across the USA as pupil numbers dwindle in certain schools. It's more cost effective for the public school companies to build a new school than try and expand and repair ageing buildings like this.
This school was again typical of the kind constructed in the late 1800s or very early 1900s, with a central auditorium flanked by corridors on all sides and classrooms branching off of them. Staircases could be found in the corners and there was a large playing field off to one side. The school closed it's doors in the late 1980s and, thanks to it's location in a small town in the middle of nowhere, has survived remarkably well for somewhere closed for nearly three decades at the time of my visit. Inside there is a huge amount of natural decay, and surprisingly not much graffiti - and the graffiti which was there was very old indeed.
We arrived late one afternoon, and immediately spotted the multitude of cats that have taken up residence along one side of the perimeter hoarding - the locals have taken it upon themselves to feed them and have created cat houses and stuff all along one side which is pretty cool. After an awkward entry over part of the hoarding it was plain sailing from that point, and as we were shooting it late in the afternoon as we were almost done the 'golden hour' of late summer sunlight bathed the corridors in an orange glow which was really beautiful.
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This school was again typical of the kind constructed in the late 1800s or very early 1900s, with a central auditorium flanked by corridors on all sides and classrooms branching off of them. Staircases could be found in the corners and there was a large playing field off to one side. The school closed it's doors in the late 1980s and, thanks to it's location in a small town in the middle of nowhere, has survived remarkably well for somewhere closed for nearly three decades at the time of my visit. Inside there is a huge amount of natural decay, and surprisingly not much graffiti - and the graffiti which was there was very old indeed.
We arrived late one afternoon, and immediately spotted the multitude of cats that have taken up residence along one side of the perimeter hoarding - the locals have taken it upon themselves to feed them and have created cat houses and stuff all along one side which is pretty cool. After an awkward entry over part of the hoarding it was plain sailing from that point, and as we were shooting it late in the afternoon as we were almost done the 'golden hour' of late summer sunlight bathed the corridors in an orange glow which was really beautiful.
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