Several years ago, nine schools in Cincinnati, Ohio were auctioned to the highest and most qualified bidder. The McKinley School, along Eastern Avenue in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood, was one of those selected properties, with the auctions being managed by Higgenbotham Auctioneers of Florida.
While driving through Trimble County, Kentucky after photographing the Milton-Madison Bridge, I turned onto Kentucky State Route 625 and stumbled upon an old schoolhouse.
Caesar Creek School, located in Caesar Creek Township in rural Greene County, Ohio, was constructed as a high school in 1908. It began serving elementary students in 1927, and a small addition was constructed in 1957 that included two classrooms, two indoor restrooms and a gymnasium. Caesar Creek closed in 1967.
Despite the overarching theme of Abandoned to explore an abandonment in urbanized areas, there is a lot to be said for getting lost through the rural, blank landscape of the Midwest.
Work has been progressing at the former Mt. Sterling High School.
The cornerstone of every neighborhood is a school, including Louisville, Kentucky’s Parkland.
The last update in the Coal Camp series from January unfolds deep within McDowell County, West Virginia, including Gary, Iaeger and War.
Mother Nature wasn’t kind in some respects on the drive down into Wyoming County to visit the coal camp of Glen Rogers, West Virginia.
Exploring Trap Hill High School in Surveyor, West Virginia.
The finale in a five-part summer excursion includes a visit to several abandoned schools and the infamous Sweet Springs Resort!
Musings in Clarksburg, West Virginia, including stops at the Waldo Hotel, a school and the Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
Musings in Wheeling, West Virginia: two breweries and a school.
Beautiful, warm weather, coupled with explorations of various historical and abandoned structures, always beats off the winter blues.
Progress – the renovation of the Ro-Na Theater and the rebuilt Ironton High School in Ironton, Ohio.
An exploration of the Campton High School, the Krypton Loadout and the M.C. Napier School in southeast Kentucky.
Everything that I recalled or explored in the past that provided my original inspiration for this site are being demolished or restored.