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Friday, August 30, 2013

Sleighton Farm School (All Girls School)

Sleighton Farm School

Sleighton School originally opened in 1910, relieving the House of Refuge. This was designed as a community and school for troubled girls, to help change their lives around. Most the land was donated to make this school possible. This was also a farm school so many girls did farm related things and got an education there. I'm not quite sure how anything changed from then on to the closing, but I know it became co-ed in 1985. The school eventually closed in 2001, due to financial reasons.

A story surrounding the Sleighton School in 94' a 15 year old girl was killed by a 17 year old who escaped

from Sleighton:

http://articles.philly.com/1994-09-13/news/25838444_1_escapes-car-crash-neighbors

Free-Dome

Basement Access overcome by Vines

There were a couple of these found on the grounds. A "Student Aide" plaque that most likely hung is now ripped off the wall and in the middle of a yard.

Inside one of the educational buildings. It was pitch black, using flashlights to go inside next time we are there to explore.

MSDS SHEETS

A playground once full of life is now a ground for decay and rust

An educational facility overgrown and falling apart

Empty Hallways and broken dreams

The Administrative Building, The first building that police or parents would bring their child into for testing and to get prepared to become apart of Sleighton School.

Here is a link about the closing:

http://articles.philly.com/2001-05-15/news/25301935_1_campus-elwyn-scott-mckenzie

Inside one of the buildings. The windows had bars on them.

A place once used to enjoy the campus is now wasting away, overgrown.

An educational center with a "DRUG FREE" school sign still there

A church used by the staff and students

Sleighton Hawks

Inside the gymnasium, it was a mess and there was so much art work!

Thrown chairs

Teddy bear left behind. Some students were as young as 6 years of age. They all stayed here in this building that was right near where the bear was.

Sleighton Water Tower

The Greenhouse

They have since sold the land and in recent testing of the soil it has come out that there is Arsenic found there in the soil. So they are not too sure what is going to happen with the land. As of right now, they will be knocking down Sleighton to build a neighborhood. (Will not happen for a couple more years).

When we were there, there was a cat back there but it was little so I am not sure if it was used for the samples of the soil since it was in 2013 that it was discovered that Arsenic is in the soil.

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2013/07/25/news/doc51f1d877c8897270934513.txt

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Who knew...

Ninja would come into my life??

Birthday: August 8th, 2012

Adopted: October 29th, 2012

First day we got him October 29th!

The box was bigger than him

Spoild

Asleep on my boyfriend

Christmas 2013!

First time ever being around a dog. Needless to say, didn't go over too well

Naturally loves boxes

Climbing

Most recent picture of him June 2013. Almost 1!!

Ghost of "Buckeye Billy"

Lambertville High School: Abandoned & Demolished in 2012

Built in 1854 in Lambertville, New Jersey, was the former home of students of the Lambertville school district. A fire destroyed much of the school in 1926, but it was remodeled and rebuilt in 1927 and used until June 1959, at which time the last senior class graduated. It sat like a museum from then on, on top of the hill overlooking Lambertville and the Delaware River.

The school was closed after the 1959 class graduated as it was too small and outdated for the growing area. Many small-town high schools were closed in the 1950s across New Jersey, as the state consolidated the school districts and replaced obsolete schools like Lambertville High with modern, suburban facilities that could serve larger regional areas. South Hunterdon Regional High School replaced Lambertville High and opened for classes in September 1959.
The old "school on the hill" was then used as a place to sell electronics for many years, until it eventually sat empty and abandoned (though structurally intact) for over 30 years, until vandals set a fire in 1992 which destroyed most of the building's interior and essentially gutted most of the structure, including the roof. Behind the school, about 50 feet through some tall weeds and brush, sits the old football field, still marked clearly by the rusty old goal posts. This is where the weirdness begins...

The Story Of Buckeye

At the High School's football game both teams went scoreless the first quarter, but by the time the half rolled around, the score was 21-21. You could almost smell the tension in the air. The Eagles (L-ville) and the Buckeyes (New Hope) both did their absolute best with the half-time show, hoping to get the crowd up and the players into the game. The third quarter now began. New Hope had the ball and was running for the touchdown when the wide receiver from New Hope was tackled. To everyone’s surprise, he didn’t get up. The coaches rushed the field but by the time they got there, the boy was dead, his neck broken, and his head almost turned completely around. The game was forfeited.

Challenging Billy, NOT Buckeye, to an Unfriendly Game of Ball

This may or may not get you very hurt! LOL Didn't hear or see anything while I was in the school. It was just exciting and fun to walk around.

Sadly the school was DEMOLISHED in the fall of 2012!