Tasking: The target is manmade
Basic: Describe the target in both 1907 and today
Intermedite: Also describe its history, purpose(s), and any biologicals involved
Advanced: Also provide scalar information such as measurements, populations, timespans, etc. and find it on the dowsing map
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2197960/Schools-forever-Eerie-images-abandoned-school-buildings-strewn-old-notebooks-broken-chairs.html
School's out forever: Eerie photographs show once-bustling
school buildings scattered with old notebooks and broken
chairs as they are left to crumble into ruin
But the buildings, which include Holley High School in
New York, Bennett College in Millbrook, New York, and
schools in Harlem and Detroit, now boast shattered windows
and crumbling ceilings.
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Bennett College in Millbrook, New York, is reminiscent of Hogwarts
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Desks at Bennett College are broken and covered in dust
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Bennett College was abandoned in 1978
(picture)
The former all-girls school is decrepit
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Bennett College was founded in 1890 but moved to its current location in 1907
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A sad, torn couch sits lonely at the school
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2197960/Schools-forever-Eerie-images-abandoned-school-buildings-strewn-old-notebooks-broken-chairs.html#ixzz3FPPDhNxB
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_College_(New_York)
History
1870: Railroad came through Millbrook and the town developed.
1890: The Davison family built a luxury hotel called "Halcyon Hall".
1907: May Bennett moved her college there.
Bennett College was founded in 1890 at Irvington, New
York by May F. Bennett. In 1907 the college moved to
its final home on 22 acres (89,000 m2) in Millbrook,
Dutchess County, New York. In 1907 the school had an
enrollment of 120 students and a faculty of 29.
Originally named The Bennett School for Girls, the
course of study was six years (four years of high
school and two years of higher study). In the early
20th century the school discontinued high school
courses and became a junior college only. The two-year
curriculum continued through the 1970s. Generations of
young women from prominent American families attended
Bennett over its 90-year history.
Majors of study included art, fashion design, interior
design, music, modern languages, literature, history,
dance, drama, child development, equine studies, and
domestic science. Activities at Bennett included
gymnastics, golf, tennis, horseback riding and skiing.
The school was home to a full-time teaching Nursery
School for 3 and 4 year olds as well as a riding stable.
At the time of its closing, enrollment was around 300 students.
Closure
With the growing popularity of coeducation in the 1970s,
Bennett found itself struggling to survive. An attempt
to upgrade facilities and convert to a coed college in
the mid-1970s left the already troubled college in
financial distress. In 1977 the trustees attempted to
reach a collaboration agreement with Briarcliff College,
a junior women's college in nearby Briarcliff Manor
which was also struggling with low enrollment. The plan
did not work, however, and Briarcliff instead merged
with Pace University in 1977 after both Briarcliff and
Bennett entered bankruptcy.[2] In 1978 the college
closed its doors for good.
The library of Bennett College was transferred to The
Hayes Memorial Library along with other school artifacts.
Academic records may have been transferred to Pace University.
Bennett College closed a few short weeks after its
freshman orientation in the fall. The students having
already arrived at Bennett for their fall semester
were given the opportunity to attend Marist College,
a nearby co-ed university in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Pictures: College around 1910
Recption hall
Dining hall
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133149/Pictures-abandoned-Halcyon-Hall-Bennett-College-ready-demolished.html
Haunting photos reveal sad ruins of a prestigious New York
girls school left abandoned for more than 30 years
By LAURA COX FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 11:28 EST, 21 April 2012 | UPDATED: 07:15 EST, 5 June 2012
These are the haunting images of a once-privileged
Millbrook school abandoned and left to rot.
Set atop a steep hill, the imposing Halcyon Hall of
Bennett college looks sure to harbour a lifetime of
secrets and debauchery.
Having served as the main building of the all-girls
private school for almost a century, one can only imagine the secrets these decaying walls hold.
Imposing: Bennett College's Halcyon Hall sits atop
a steep hill in a desolate neighbour-less location
Then and now: Bennett College, an all-girls school,
was founded in 1890 and closed its doors in 1978
The building’s crumbling façade is weather-worn and
battered, with glass-less windows and mossy walls.
There are no neighbouring properties in sight of its
desolate location, where it once stood proud and
prestigious, originally designed as a luxury hotel.
Tape recorders, old desks and battered sofas remain
in the shell of Bennett college, strewn across the
decaying building as an eerie reminder of the life
that was there before the school closed its doors in 1978.
A door marked ‘H-212C’ adds to the mystery of the
building’s past – what went on behind it?
Derelict: Beams of light shine through holes in the
crumbling walls, casting light onto the moss-lined floorboards
Deserted: The empty shell has lain abandoned for years
Sad: Torn and damaged furniture remains inside the
building, which is set for demolition any day now
But that piece of history will soon be lost forever,
as the old school building is set to be demolished any day now.
Parts of the school have maintained their former glory,
like a grand looking staircase that just needs a quick
sweep but much of it is already destroyed, with holes
in walls and the roof casting beams of light onto dusty,
splintered floors.
And vandals have had a go at the sad old building, too,
with graffiti scrawled across many of the walls.
Photographer Steven Bley went inside the decaying
building, which has been fenced off since last august
to take the harrowing images.
He was told that demolition is imminent.
Abandoned: Old pieces of equipment from the school
are littered with bits of plaster and dust
Ornate: A grand-looking staircase remains in good
condition, bar the graffiti on the walls and a lot of dust
Mystery: What went on behind this door?
Original: Just imagine what went on within these walls
when the building operated as a school from 1890 to 1978
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenbley/
Steven Bley's picture gallery
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http://opacity.us/site11_bennett_school_for_girls.htm
History of the school
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Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO_4OSKS2eY Historic look back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD1SsbQwf4Q Drone flight over school 5 min 39 sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hWknE20e9g A view of loss and remembrance 2 min 48 sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNAWz_1YBE A walk through present day 5 min 22 sec
https://www.google.com/search?q=bennett+college+millbrook+new+york+haunted&rlz=1C1CHYD_enUS578US579&espv=2&biw=1753&bih=955&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDwQsARqFQoTCK30qa_ks8gCFQGZiAodsfkFBQ&dpr=1 Google Image gallery
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http://www.halcyonHall.com
"All across the county there are abandoned buildings,
nearly every town has at least one. They are relics
of past eras rotting in place, slowly turning to dust.
To the vast majority of people they are regarded as
eyesores, or ignored altogether. Halcyon Hall, like
many other such sites, shows that there is far more
to be found in these places than decayed wood and
tattered curtains. There are countless stories here.
Tales of growth, the forging of lifelong friendships,
love, and even heartache. The very fibers of these
seemingly vacant halls are actually saturated with
memories.
What the remains of Halcyon Hall is not simply a sad
ending to a beautiful building, but the emotional
connection we, as a society, place upon what is little
more than an assemblage of wood, stone, and mortar. In
this way, Halcyon Hall transcends its own architecture,
and shows that there is intrinsic value found in even
the most unexpected of places. Though nature and the
elements have beaten the old place over the harsh decades
of its abandonment, it has done nothing to erode the
sentimental attachment of those who were lucky enough
to have seen Halcyon Hall in her prime, and perhaps
even once called her home."