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Halcyon Hall (Bennett College)

Millbrook, New York 12545 USA

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“An abandoned luxury hotel turned school”

This place is on private property. Listing for informational purposes only. Please do not visit without express permission from the land owner. The main building of Bennett College, Halcyon Hall, was built in 1893 by H. J. Davison Jr., a publisher from New York. The 200-room Queen Anne structure was designed by James E. Ware. It has five stories, a basement and sub-basement. Originally built as a luxury hotel, the building became home to Bennett College in 1907 after the hotel failed to catch on. The Bennett campus also included a chapel, stables, dormitories, an outdoor theater, and the Kettering Science Center, a state of the art building completed in late 1972. The cost of constructing the science building (needed to comply with new state science education requirements), along with other campus upgrades, contributed to the school's bankruptcy. Halcyon Hall was never reopened and quickly fell into ruin. When the heat was turned off, water pipes burst, causing major water damage throughout the building. Large portions of the roof have collapsed and trees can be seen growing through parts of the building. Halcyon Hall remains in this state as of 2013. Several attempts were made in the 1980s to develop the property but all failed and the title was taken over by Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank. The bank failed in 1991 and its assets were seized by the federal Deposit Insurance Corperation. Halcyon Hall was scheduled to be demolished in 2012 but the demolition has not yet taken place as of June 2013. "They say it is haunted by the girls who used to attend the school. Many girls committed suicide there and are still roaming the dorms."

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EmilyEsty

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March 19, 2016
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It has been recently been bought and has a brand new, shiny fence around it and can no longer be entered.

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Halcyon Hall (Bennett College)

Millbrook, New York
12545 USA
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