Huge 110 year old Abandoned School House w/ Antique Plumbing & Incredible Ceilings
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2024
- This unique old brick school house was built around 1915. Originally built as an elementary school and was a segregated school for whites only which operated until the 1960’s when the Jim Crow laws were banned and segregation ended thankfully. A dark part of American history for sure. When the school was first built it was one of the most grand schools in the area with ornate tin ceilings and the first school in the county to have indoor plumbing. The toilets in the school are straight out of the early 1900’s. Still have the old rivets and original plumbing fixtures. Thanks for watching! Like the video and leave a comment below if you enjoyed! Thank you very much!
Here’s my video of it from 4 years ago-
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You dont need to leave out history, its all our history. Its your channel. You always honor the homes and places you visit. Your terms and commentary doesnt change the beauty of historical places or history. We should strive to respect and appreciate our own ability to watch and discern.
I really appreciate that! I always hope it’s evident in my videos that I just want to document these old incredible forgotten places before they are gone! Sometimes I can find more history and I try to share it, whether good or bad! I love all history! Thank you very much for watching and the kind words! :)
Thank you Kappy. I’m confused at the “leave out history” comment. I do appreciate your time spent documenting these structures
@@BlueButterfly20252 ... at the very bottom of the comments is a comment about going woke and history and segregation and things Kappy said. Most people love what he does and enjoy hearing the history of the homes, etc. We are all just stating our opinions... no harm done.
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 That is one well built structure. The students must have enjoyed learning there especially when it was the newest school in the area. Based on the pile of gypsum in the first floor hall and the studs in the nearby classroom, the modification of what must have been the girl's bathroom with a tub, and the oven upstairs it appears someone may have lived there for a time. That small room on the second floor was possibly the principal's office. The front portico is a thing of envy that would be a welcomed addition to many homes today. That building would make a great regional museum, but that would require a tidy sum at this point. Another excellent video and for me an instant favorite.
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773your videos are so truly amazing and so is your voice , respect , interest and careful care for the places you explore ❤ Thank you so much - Hugs from Denmark
Those classroom closets were actually called coatrooms, sometimes cloakroom, you'd hang your coat up, leave your lunch, and maybe boots, depending on the weather. Growing up in Fairbanks AK, in the 1960s, us girls also had to leave our pants in there, we could only wear them outside, when it was below zero. Yep, I'm that old. Lol. Great video, thanks!
Very interesting,thank you for sharing with us
We also called them cloakrooms in our old elementary school in Baltimore, which was built in the 1920s. I went there in the 1950s and early '60s, so I'm right up there with you.
Please continue giving ALL the history…I’m tired of people crying about being offended. Beautiful job as always Kappy ❤
Do Jim Crow laws make you uncomfortable?
What in the world are you blabbering about?
Lots of horrible things happened in the past.
My husband’s relatives perished in Buchenwald in a camp. But I appreciate the history and the maintenance of the site as a rememberance.
As if the folly of men rubs off on buildings. Damnatio Memoriae in the name of racial reconcialition is an absolute non argument from the ESG fanatics. They're a bunch of rabid fools who always throw the baby along with the bath water. This building just needs a new owner who would convert it into a house full of love. It could be anybody... Yes, even an Afro American, provided he harbors dreams instead of spite!
who's gonna be offended? The white folks when he talks about a segregated school house ? They're the reason it was segregated. 🙄
We learn from our history. It should always be remembered very bad ideas that never need to resurface again
Wow!! If you had a ton of money this place could be restored as a pretty nice home..
Would be an awesome home if restored and saved! Nothing like a brick house! Thank you very much for watching!! :)
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773typically, these old brick buildings from this era, the bricks are the main part of the structure. Unlike brick homes of today, where they build the house and then construct a layer of bricks as a form of "siding", the brick walls were constructed first (most of the time, 2 - 3 brick thick), and then the inside was finished out. Much sturdier than modern construction
I suspect that all the paint has lead in it. The cost of removing it, I'm guessing, would be a real problem.
When I was little I went to a school that was built in the late 1800s now its a museum. It was pretty neat
Wow; this place is amazing. Too bad it has set for so long. It would make a nice big house to live in. The bathroom blew me away. I would totally keep that. Thank you for bringing us along Kappy.
A place where young people were really taught to read, write, and do arithmetic. I saw lots of mud dabbers nest on the one blackboard.
Thank you so much!! Yes I thought the bathroom was absolutely fascinating!! Really showed how long the place had been empty! Incredible how well the slate roof has held up over the years! Thank you for watching!! :)
I thought the same thing! What a nice house❤
I was raised in a very small town in Texas. The elementary school was built around 1920. The school still stands. But they use it now as the police department.
Glad it found new life and wasn’t torn down! Always a better option! Thank you very much for watching!! :)
When I was twelve years old my parents moved us in an old school house and we renovated it into a three bedroom home. The stage was renovated so it was the master bedroom. It was made to be really nice inside.
What a lovely airy place to learn in with all the large windows. Thanks for showing us!
Wish i could visit my old grade school. It was demolished years ago. I can still see it in my mind, but it would be fun to walk through the halls once again before I'm gone.
Same here. Did give me an idea, though. I'm going to see maybe someone put old photos on the internet. I have a few outside on the fields, but none of the school.
I think that last room upstairs would have been the library.
The one with the inset shelves does appear to be that, and the adjoining room with the oven (probably added after the school was closed) may have been for art class based on the two large tables, one having a recessed top.
My grandpa, Dad, older brother and l all went to a school that looks like that one. Guys would slide down the banisters, get caught and smacked, or fall off, and cry. There was a tub in the bathroom in the kindergarten classroom for kids who had "accidents" or fell in mud. It was to be torn down, and a modern elementary built, but the community said no. It was saved, and elementary children are still going there today.Of course, the lead paint and asbestos were removed! Thanks, Kappy!
Kappy, this school looked so much like the school I attended in the early 50’s. It was first through the fourth grade and was a segregated all white school. Has the same kind of seats you showed. I lived on a mill village and the school was built by the man that owned the mills. He built it for the mill village children to attend.
This would be really cool remodeled into a house! Those potties! That sink! Sad how it's been left to rot.
What a cool old school! Too bad it hasn’t been restored! Thanks for sharing Kappy! ❤️👍🤘
Thank you very much for watching!! :)
This was an amazing building. So rare to find these old toilets in such good condition. Keep up the good work Kappy
That school was awesome! It would make a nice house! Wonder if the train used 2 go by there when the kids were in school? Nice job Kappy as always! B safe out there. Thanx 4 breakfast and a movie now I can start my day😊!
Best antique toilets so far. Absolutely Incredible fixtures!
A bathtub! Just love those Kappy surprises. You were I thought quite brave to go to the second floor. The first floor looked so rotted I would have skipped the second floor. Thanks once again for another explore of a unique building. It is a shame that they are left to just rot.
What a beautiful house that would make.
Another jem Kappy. Front the front it looks like somebody's house. Inside is the school. Bathroom is so neat. I've only seen toilets like that a couple of times. Older farmhouses in Ontario Canada. Always bugs me when there are doors locked. It's good that we got to see the other room. Train sounded like it was in the backyard. Excellent explore Kappy. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I Can Imagine, How Loud it Had to have Been, Kids running around laughing, playing, and Of Course Studying, Once a Beautiful, Modern School... Wish it Could be Saved...
I would turn this school house into a house because it already has the setting of a house just has to resigned the downstairs to put in a kitchen fixed the staircase up because it beautiful and put in fireplaces everywhere of this place great video kappy.
It breaks my heart that old historical buildings are left to rot when people are living on the streets or unable to keep shelter over their families.
I noticed the one room on the upper floor had exposed brick walls. A really grand schoolhouse back then and still today. Well done Kappy!
A former friend was a cafeteria lady. The School was giving out old blackboards with beautiful oak trim.
Tin ceilings are so cool
It’s a shame it’s gotten into such bad shape. It looks like that would have made a really nice community center. Thanks, Kappy!
Wow what an incredible find! I just love this stuff. You do such a great job in documenting. I enjoy the pace, not to fast not too slow. Giving the history is a great added bonus. Thanks Kappy!
Those are "Vogal" Frost-Free toilets. They were designed to be able to withstand subfreezing temperatures without sustaining any damage. Someone should salvage them.
How fascinating are they as old as the school?Thank you for sharing!! Much appreciated! :)
I don't know if they were manufactured before the 1920s, but it's possible they are as old as the school. They were a very new concept at the time. Indoor plumbing was just becoming more affordable to the masses. Flushing toilets were around as early as the 1870s, but were only found in wealthy homes.@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773
Hi Kappy, once again you never seem disappoint us with such grand beauty an this place is absolutely one of my favorites. I was trying to picture the kids sitting in those old chairs an the bathroom toilets were definitely something I've never seen, it truly is so sad to let such a wonderful piece of history fall to the ground but thanks to you we all got to be a little part of it during this video, always enjoy all the beautiful places you take us to, also this was too kool for school ❤
That was quite a schoolhouse in It's day. Again, it should have been restored! Thanks for the tour!😊
Hi Kappy. I love explorations of old schools . They are so cool. It almost seems to me that room upstairs with the brick walls could have been some sort of small gymnasium that they used for recess and the like if the kids couldn't play outside. We have an old elementary school in our town that a developer made into apartments . There are also a couple of rural schools near by that they did the same thing. Built better than anything new today that's for sure. Looks like you've got some interesting explorations to come.
Excellent video!You can almost hear the children’s voices echoing through that old abandoned schoolhouse. Love the peaceful scenery at the end.
Wow, that was so interesting! I'm amazed it's still the shape it is, for having been abandoned that long. Thanks for sharing Kappy.
I love seeing these old buildings. If there are any old electrical panels (fuse boxes) and other electrical fixtures, I would love to see close up shots of those as well as plumbing fixtures.
I’m really stumped about those rooms with bars on the windows! As another viewer said I think the upstairs room with all the shelving would be a library. And the small room in the middle front of the upstairs could have been an office. Such a lovely building!
Thank you Kappy!
Awesome place thanks for showing this special 🏫 school 🎒 you be blessed 😇👼🙏
This is a great video! I started school in 1960 and so much in this building reminds me of the school I attended-the large windows, the chalkboards(ours were green and the chalk was a light yellow),
the transoms, and the cloakrooms. The teachers used to call our coats, scarves, jackets, and hats ‘wraps.’ I loved watching this video. As always, I appreciate your kindness as well as your knowledge. I was talking to someone a couple days ago and found our that she loves watching urban exploration videos, too. I told her about what an excellent job you do, gave her your channel’s info, and suggested that she “Check it out!”
Please tell me this beautiful building will be preserved for future generations!! The Elementary school I attended looked like this. When the new school was built, they turned it into a community center. Full of history!! Thank you for sharing!! ❤❤❤
The tanks above the old toilets were fascinating! I’ve never seen anything like that before!
If you watch the European Urbex explorers, that’s the way they made the toilets over there.
The tanks held the water to flush the toilet.
This is so cool - way back when I and my friend found an old mining town in the Cascades. Wasn't on the map. The buildings were more than half gone but we found the old school. It still had the desks, wood stove and old chalkboards, even some old chalk pieces. The outhouse was in the back, no toilets. In the main classroom was a big pile of leaves, branches and vines. It stunk! When we left to check out some of the other buildings we met "The Bear". We got in our truck and said goodbye to that little place. Never went back to check out the mines that we could see as we were heading out. Guess the old school made a great bear condo...Thank you for the video Kappy!!
Dear Kappy for the wonderful road trips, you not only discover different towns that have hollers with back streets that take you near river’s edges but our Country’s galaxy of special places and old buildings, and houses that still dot our Country’s maps👍❣️👌 Years you have put a lot in your videos✅Thanks for sharing this great old school house, and the structure needs help but it’s worth the drive to discover all that you have Thanks for keeping the architectural history alive 💖💖💖❣️
Love the tin ceilings! Looks like ceilings that were on the Titanic!
Those ceiling tins would go for a pretty penny… this toilet tank were awesome too!
Not really, you can still buy them new.
so beautiful thanks kappy !
Love the old schools! And I have never seen water tanks on a toilet like those 2 , crazy.
Those wooden chairs you saw with the fold down seats were just like the ones we had in the Jr High I went to. It was originally the high school.
Hi Kappy I want to say I enjoy watching your videos and especially the old houses, Thank you, and love how you respect each and every one of them. And the old plumbing in this schoolhouse was awesome!!! Thanks again stay safe in your travels.
What a great old school 🏫 house. It could be restored and make a house 🏠 out of it. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊 ❤
Would make an awesome house! Thank you for the kind words and watching!! :)
It's so sad that is was just abandoned 😢 I can see it remodeled into a fantastic house 🥰
Now this one i really like, looks more real ! well done
Another great piece of classic architecture well documented!
I remember going to an elementary school like this. Those seats that are all in a row and connected were in the auditorium or the gathering room. This is back when teachers sent you to the principles office to be spanked, yes, spanked if you were bad in school. Life was different back then. Thanks for sharing and have a great day
Hi Cappy ,, what an interesting old school ,,there were the radiator heaters when I was in grade school sure kept us warm back in the day ,, ahh the memories of my school years ,, I am surprised the windows are not all busted out ,, thanks for the video be careful
Those original toilets in the back are cool!
Wow - very cool! Those are old frost-free Vogel toilets and assuredly original to this school.
Nice old school. Never saw a bathtub in school before.
Yeah that perplexed me! Maybe some strange addition in the 1950’s-1960’s before the school closed down. Would love to hear ideas! Thanks for watching!
I loved this building and appreciated all you showed us. It looks like it wont last much longer. I wish I could see pictures with the kids in the school!! So cool thanks Kappy!!
It looks so much like my elementary school. Takes me back.
What a great video! If you had deep pockets this would make a lovely big home. The light from the large windows is fantastic. The only deterrent would be the road noise and the train going by. I would prefer the sounds of the stream and the birds.
it's a shame someone didn't buy this and fix it up to live in.Love the entrance and all those windows.So Cool.❤️👍🇺🇸
Wow that bathroom was amazing soooooo old. Love this explore!😊😊😊
I filmed this place many years ago and it’s crazy how much worse it looks now. Enjoyed seeing it again! Thanks for sharing!
I went to a school similar to this but it has two wings. One on each side of the main entrance. It too was built in 1915, the same year my father was born. Here's something interesting I'm throwing in for kicks, my father's father, my grandfather was born in 1880... My mother also went to that school (Sanders School, Blue Island Illinois), all of my siblings went there too. Sadly, like this school it was abandoned because of foundation problems that were too expensive to fix. This is such a cool flash back to my childhood. Another awesome adventure Kappy! Thank you 🤠👍🏻❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What an amazing school and thank you for the history. You never disappoint Kappy. Thank you!
I really appreciate that thank you very much for watching!! :)
It's a shame to see that charming old building rot away. It looks very salvageable still.
Uh no, that building is not salvageable. It’s obvious it’s having foundation issues, and would be too expensive to possibly fix. I’m actually glad to see this building fall in. It has too much dark history.
@@Ronin.Samurai From what I can tell the foundation and floor systems are independent from each other. The outer walls/building facade would be caving in too if that were the case but the windows, doors, and roof line remain straight and true. The foundation and footings themselves would extend a few feet below grade, but the rotting away flooring is a foot above grade as seen at 5:20. That building is far from falling in on itself
Another place in the video that also confirms what I say is at 7:25 where you can see the floor separating from the buildings wall. the floor is falling in but the windows are all true. Dark history you say? What's so evil about children getting an education? This dark statement in your reply is only your silly imagination going wild.
@@jimdent351 sorry but you are completely wrong. The foundation and floor are not separated/independent of each other. They are clearly one unit. I’m no house expert, but I can tell when a foundation and the floors are separated or not. As for the dark history, if you actually did your homework, and listened to Kappy, you would know this school had segregation, which meant innocent children of a different skin color were separated from those who were white. If you knew anything about segregated schools, you would know black children had the bare minimum, such as out of date school books, broken chairs and lights, little to no heating/air conditioning, school buildings falling apart, etc, while white children had everything and had plenty of money. If you know anything about American history, you would know the horrendous crap people of different skin color had to go through, and still go through today. I’m a fellow white person, and I’m ashamed and embarrassed over the evil things we did to innocent people just because people of different skin color didn’t look and act like us white people. That school, along with the old plantations of the south, and statues condoning the evil American people of the past all need to be taken down, and completely eradicated. The evil crap us white people of America did belong in history books, that’s it.
@@Ronin.Samurai The only dark past that building has is the lack of lumens coming from it's light fixtures. It's a school for crying out loud where they taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. He says in the video that it operated during a dark time in history. What does that even mean? Is it because it operated when Europe was at war, or is it because they only taught white children? So because only white children attended class here that the buildings history is dark?
Right now there's a war in Ukraine, and Israel is at war too. Does that mean we should tear down every operational school in America right now? You're comment is ludicrous IMO.
@@jimdent351 would absolutely be worth saving!! Such a beautiful building!! Nothing like solid brick walls! The slate is roof has held up amazingly well over the years of neglect as well! Would be awesome if this place found new life! Thank you for watching!! :)
Yes ALL the history please I love know all about these places !! This would have made a big but beautiful home ....such a shame all those big wonderful windows....and those toilets wow 😳 so old and in such great condition ...shame to let history slip by and time take this once grand and important school away !! Great video as always Kappy !!
I absolutely love the big windows. Another cool place that would have made a beautiful bed and breakfast or home. 😢
This reminds me of the grade school I attended as a child many, many, many years ago. I can imagine classes being paused while trains went by. The small room was the principal's office. The space in font of it was where people waited to see the principal.
I thought of that in editing! I bet you’re right with the train being so loud! Wonder if they would pause class for a moment haha! Thank you for watching!! :)
That sink looking thing in the bathroom is a urinal- I saw one just like it in an old restaurant men’s room. It was so bizarre , but it was the exact same one!
A great story from the past!! I wonder if the children had to bring food for their lunches. I imagine there wouldn't be cooks or kitchens in the early 1900's. Thanks, Happy!
Great old building, the water tanks for those toilets sure were different than any ive ever seen. Must have been a very nice school, nice big classrooms and lots of natural light. Things that a lot of modern schools dont have. Thr previews look amazing. Thanks, Kappy
It really is unfortunate that Kappy can recognize the smell of vultures, his peculiar occupational hazard! 😮. What a cool old bathroom, don't think I've ever seen toilets quite like those. And it sounded like the train was going to run right through that bathroom! Thanks for another interesting explore!
I haven't seen gravity tank toilets in decades. Such early types of indoor toilets. Awesome! Please keep showing us American history as it IS!
Very cool building! I'd love to have that old sink & toilets refurbished.
those are awesome!
The rooms are so big !!! Schools are sure build different today !!!! Thanks Kappy !!!
It would make a beautiful grand home
Great video, Kappy!
Thanks for taking us along. 😊
Thank you very much for the kind words and watching!! :)
That large 2nd floor room might have been used as an auditorium. This looks a bit like my old elementary school in VA in 1956. There were large windows, minimal classrooms (chalkboard, desks bolted to the floor, cloakroom in the back) and all of the rooms had transoms over the doors. Every weekend, the janitorial staff would go thru the building with "floor sweep." It was a product that they sprinkled on the floors and then swept up, which was supposed to sanitize, deodorize, and otherwise clean the old wooden floors. I love that beautiful fan light transom over the main doors of the school. Fortunately, the school had bathroom stalls and was much more modern than those in this video!
Our janitors used the same type of floor sweep. It was a dk.green and smelled really good.!
Once again a classic video!! Now they make replicas if tin celings fir house renovations, people like that victorian look. Very easy to imagine that school house. in any season,si charming,should have beey renovated and made a historic spot and maybe a school house again, awesome find!!💯👍🏼
Never seen toilets like that those were an awesome 😎💯 piece of history
What a gorgeous old school, I would have loved to have seen it in its heyday.
those 9 over 9 windows are fantastic! as are the quarter sawn oak doors! all of that needs to be salvaged! so sad to see it just ROTTING ! It still looks pretty solid, would love to move in and convert it to a home... such lovely light filled rooms!
You're right, the toilets were very cool looking.
The purpose of the interior walls that separated rooms having windows was to allow the outside light from rooms with windows to the outside to filter through. Good explore.
The inside windows were to let light into that extra space/classroom. 😊Thank you
Such an extraordinary place!!! Old schools do have my heart. Thanks so much for sharing this old beauty! 💯💯💯💯
That train made me jump a mile! LOL! I'm guessing that little room at the back of the second floor might have been the office? I agree that this one should have been saved before it started caving in.
HI KAPPY , ENJOYED THIS VID OF THE OLD SCHOOL . 🏫 GR8 JOB !!!!! 👍 THX 💯 🤍✝️🙏💚🤍♥️🫠🩵🧸
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE TOUR! AMAZING, AND SOME ANTIQUES INSIDE TOO!
Those big beautiful windows to let in natural light. Contrast that to the prison environments they have now.
My guess is first upstairs room was a gym looks like a basketball back board on wall. Next might be auditorium then small one office. Then kitchen for lunches last with shelves the library. I agree this would have made a great house if caught in time. Love your explores, videos look forward to them
I never thought I’d be fascinated by seeing old fashioned toilets, but, here I am 😊. Cool explore Kappy
The exterior looks really solid. Could be restored. You’d have to tear down the inside and leave a brick hill, then rebuild the inside. Still a quite a bit of salvageable stuff in there too, like a lot of the tin for the ceilings and the doors. Doable, but would require a lot of TLC. Save the old toilets and heaters too, even if just for looks!
hull, not hill, obviously! 🙄
I remember goin to ole school houses with wooden floors. The bathroom sure was old style, first time seeing one like that. Kinda reminded me of the old gas tanks use be,at service stations..it would definitely be awesome to turn into a bed and breakfast or nice home. Funny how folks with plenty money don't care bout stuff like this, but ones who can't afford it, wanna do something with ole houses n save em.. thanks for sharin a amazin video.. always look forward to em..
My childhood elementary school (southern VA) was originally the high school when built in 1930s as part of the WPA. My father in law graduated from there. As seniors they were required to drive the school buses! It then became an elementary school and I attended in the late 70s. Them our son went there in the late 90s. Had those huge windows and lots of tile work. A gorgeous original auditorium. Happily it was added to and remains in use today as a county public school. It now has air conditioning off course. The beautiful old library was moved. But it’s still place full of wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing. ❤
How awesome!! Glad it’s still around and in use!! Thanks for sharing!! Much appreciated for watching!! :)
When you were at the entrance I was imagining all the sounds of the kids moving about before classes began! I assume the upstairs room with all the shelves was the library. Great vid, thks Kappy.
I went to an old school like this in elementary school... of course, not this big, but we even had a stage and small auditorium. As more and more people came, portables had to be added and eventually it was torn down and a new one built.
So unusual to see the tin type on the ceilings in a school building…this was once a very nice school! Would make this into a home . Love the old toilets..would restore them as well. Thank you Kappy for sharing this! You can almost hear the children who once went to school here and the teachers giving the assignments to the children to work on..the chalk writing on chalkboards…..amazing!
That old school reminds me a lot of the old school that is here in West Feliciana parish. It was built about the same time. Luckily it is being maintained and longtime residents of the parish are raising money and getting grants to restore it. I think it was used as a school until 1952.
As a child we would go in it to play when we could sneak in. I remember being very impressed with its beauty even as a child.
Thanks for the video!