Tag: Abandoned
Rule High School — Knoxville, Tennessee
Rule High School opened in 1927. It was named after Captain William Rule, a former Union Army captain who went on to be mayor of Knoxville and the editor of the Knoxville Journal.
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The first addition was finished in 1949, and the second addition was completed in the 1970s.
However, the school closed in 1991 due to low enrollment numbers.
Author jamie9427Posted on June 19, 2019 June 19, 2019 Categories Abandoned, Schools, TennesseeTags Abandoned, Abandoned School, Knoxville, Knoxville Tennessee, Rule High School, Rule High School Knoxville, Rule High School Knoxville tennessee, School, TennesseeLeave a comment on Rule High School — Knoxville, Tennessee
Monday morning I was able to take a few minutes and finally stop by and explore a nearly vacant mall in Middletown, Ohio.
I had passed by this mall many times but had never taken the time to actually go inside and experience it. I'm glad I did, because from the looks of things, this mall might not be around next holiday season.
The Towne Mall Galleria is located on Towne Boulevard in the Warren County portion of Middletown, in the section of the city referred to as the Renaissance District near the Ohio 122-Interstate 75 interchange. The more than 465,000-square-foot mall first opened in 1977, although the malls earliest roots can be traced several years earlier.
The first store to open on the property was, a 1-level (113,300 square foot), Cincinnati-based McAlpin's. McAlpin's opened for business on February 16, 1975. The remainder of the shopping hub was added to this freestanding anchor. The mall, and a 68,000 square foot Sears, opened February 9, 1977. Later that year the mall was complete when Elder-Beerman opened a 118,000 square foot opened on the mall's west side.
In August 1998, McAlpin's became Dillard's as part of a merger. Dillard's would remain open here until June 2008, when they closed their doors. This, along with multiple failed renovation plans and rejuvination attempts by the mall's owner CBL and Associates, lead to many smaller inline closings by the mid-2000s.
In 2015 Burlington and Gabe's opened in the former Dillard's anchor spot, although they do not have direct access to the interior corridor.
Unfortunately, the grand openings of these stores was met with bad tidings. Elder-Beerman shuttered their 39-year-old store on January 31, 2017.
Sears, another charter 1977 tenant, went dark in September of the same year.
If my calculations are correct, today there are less than 10 businesses open at the mall. Those include: –Burlington –Gabe's –Roger's Jewelers (Currently Closing)
— Cincinnati Nails
–My Salon
–Sell Gold
As you can see the directory is terribly out of date.
Author jamie9427Posted on December 19, 2018 Categories Dead Malls, Retail, SearsTags Abandoned, Dead Mall, Dillards, Elder-Beerman, Middletown, Middletown Ohio, Ohio, Retail, SearsLeave a comment on
Old Rosemont School — Bristol, Tennessee
This building served as the Rosemont Elementary on Bristol, Tennessee's north side from 1930 until the early 1980s. The three story building was constructed in 1929 and consists of 32,640 square feet.
Once this building was replaced by the local school district it was sold to the Tri Cities Christian School which operated here from 1984 until 2009.
Since 2009 the building has sporadically served as a community center. More often though, the building has been the subject of vandals.
The building is currently for sale.
Author jamie9427Posted on September 30, 2018 Categories Abandoned, Schools, TennesseeTags 1930, Abandoned, abandoned building, Abandoned School, Bristol, Bristol Tennessee, explore, School1 Comment on Old Rosemont School — Bristol, Tennessee
Sadieville Elementary School — Scott County, Kentucky
Since starting this blog in 2014, I have covered nearly 80 abandoned school buildings in 9 states stretching from Eastern North Carolina to the banks of the Mississippi River in Cairo, Illinois. Today, while researching for my newest entry covering the Sadieville School in northern Scott County, (Kentucky), I came across something I had yet to find in the reason a school was closed. Enrollment was getting too high. 90% of the schools I have visited have been closed due to the opposite, declining enrollment.
I always thought it was rather odd that a school in the fastest growing county in the entire state would be closed and abandoned. In 1984-85 Sadieville was home to 150 students. By 1988 that number had jumped to 245.
The Scott County School System decided to build a larger, more modern facility to serve northern Scott County located about 5 miles south of Sadieville. Construction was swift and by March 5, 1990, Sadieville was closed and it's students and staff had moved to their new school, Northern Elementary.
The last 28 years have not been kind to the campus. The grounds are overgrown, the front of the building is almost covered by brush and trees that have popped up. But considering the building is closing in on being 100 years old, its still standing and relatively structurally sound once you take out of consideration the roof and especially the gymnasium area. The school has obviously been used as a storage building but has now fallen victim to faulty ceilings and vandalism.
I dont know if there were any windows that were still fully intact.
Author jamie9427Posted on June 6, 2018 June 7, 2018 Categories Abandoned, Kentucky, SchoolsTags 1990, Abandoned, abandoned building, Abandoned School, Sadieville, Sadieville Kentucky, Sadieville School, Scott County Kentucky2 Comments on Sadieville Elementary School — Scott County, Kentucky
Big Creek Elementary — Perry County, Kentucky
Its rather odd to find three school districts who border each other have a school by the same name in all three. That was the case in Clay, Leslie and Perry County Kentucky until several years ago. I have already covered the closed Big Creek Elementary School in Leslie County in this blog. That school closed several years ago. The school covered in this entry is the Big Creek Elementary that was located in Perry County.
The school is located near the intersection of Kentucky 80 and Kentucky 1096 in the community of Avawam about 8 miles west of Hazard near the Perry/Leslie County line.
Big Creek Elementary was closed in 2014 due to declining enrollment and a planned consolidation of schools in Perry County. At the end of the 2013-14 school year Big Creek was home to 136 students in grades K-8.
Author jamie9427Posted on April 24, 2018 Categories Abandoned, Kentucky, SchoolsTags Abandoned, abandoned building, Abandoned School, Avawam, Avawam Kentucky, Closed School, Eastern Kentucky, Old School, Perry Co, Perry County, Perry County Kentucky, School, School ConsolidationLeave a comment on Big Creek Elementary — Perry County, Kentucky
The Old Cannon Memorial Hospital — Banner Elk, North Carolina
The old Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital is located just outside downtown Banner Elk, North Carolina. The hospital was built in 1962 and replaced Grace Hospital III, which was opened in 1932.
The building has been sitting vacant since 1999 when the hospital merged with a neighboring hospital in nearby Linville.
The pictures including in this article thus far were all taken on July 31, 2017. The following pictures were taken in the fall of 2012. As you can see, the building has definitely had a rough five years.
Author jamie9427Posted on August 5, 2017 August 5, 2017 Categories Abandoned, North CarolinaTags Abandoned, Abandoned Hospital, Banner Elk, Banner Elk North Carolina, North Carolina, Western North CarolinaLeave a comment on The Old Cannon Memorial Hospital — Banner Elk, North Carolina
Former Hara Arena (1956-2016) — Trotwood, Ohio
Hara Arena was a 5,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in the Dayton, Ohio suburb of Trotwood. The facility began as a ballroom in 1956, added an arena in 1964 and eventually grew to a six-building complex.
Over the course of its 60 year history Hara has been home to many sports teams including the Dayton Jets basketball team and Dayton Gems (1964–1977, 1979–1980 and 2009–2012), Dayton Blue Hawks, Dayton Owls, Dayton Bombers, Dayton Ice Bandits, Dayton Demonz, and Dayton Demolition ice hockey teams and the Marshals indoor football team.
The original plans did not include an ice rink, but were changed to accommodate the Dayton Gems who were looking for a home arena. By the end of its life in 2016, the complex spanned 165,000 square feet which includes the main arena, four exhibition halls, a conference center, a pub and a golf course.
On July 29, 2016, it was announced that the facility would close after hosting a final event August 27, 2016 due to ongoing financial issues and a 20-year long legal fight over the unresolved estate of founder Harold Wampler. At the time of the closure announcement, the facility was said to have a $36 million annual impact to the area. The closure forced events, like the annual Dayton Hamvention, to search for an alternative venue. It also forced the Dayton Demolition ice hockey team to cease operations after only one season.
Author jamie9427Posted on June 22, 2017 Categories Abandoned, ClosedTags Abandoned, arena, closed arena, Closed Hara Arena, Dayton Ohio, Hara Arena, Trotwood, Trotwood OhioLeave a comment on Former Hara Arena (1956-2016) — Trotwood, Ohio