A couple of weeks ago I made a road trip to explore this abandoned high school. It was originally constructed as a school in the early 1900s and it functioned as such until the late 1970s. It served as a homeless shelter until 2004 when an Art Institute purchased it. It was finally abandoned entirely in 2006 for some reason... It currently sits vacant with no foreseeable plans in the near future.

The Front of the School

Trinity High School by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

We came across the auditorium after crawling over a bunch of garbage once we gained access...


Auditorium by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

Since it was used by an art institute, there was a bunch of random art all throughout the building (this is in the Auditorium looking back towards our entrance)

Art Installation x Urban Decay by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

The Stage

Abandoned Auditorium by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

Play Me

Grand Piano by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

Bottles left in a window... They looked great in the sunlight

Trinity High School by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

There was art like this just left all over the building

Trinity High School by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

Random hallway with lockers...

Lockers by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

Creepy Art in some room...

Art? by jasonjacksonrva, on Flickr

After we explored for around two hours it started to get dark so we decided to get out. Has anyone else been here? This was by far one of the best explores I've had simply because a high school has always been on my bucket list.

I've never been, but I've seen pix from other people from there. Nice job on this place.

Nice set.

I wonder why they left it and why no one has picked it up. Of all the abandoned schools I've seen photographed, this ranks among the cleanest.

So sad to see the art left behind!

Posted by Punchy I've never been, but I've seen pix from other people from there. Nice job on this place.

Thanks Punchy!

Posted by SouthPaw I wonder why they left it and why no one has picked it up. Of all the abandoned schools I've seen photographed, this ranks among the cleanest.

Thank you! I'm not really sure why they left it but I did find a letter from the city addressed to the Art Institute telling them they had to vacate by a certain date. Also, don't let my photos fool you. This place was TRASHED but there was still lots of cool stuff to look at/photograph

Posted by tiffers So sad to see the art left behind!

Yeah it made me sad. I wish the city would salvage the paintings at the very least but I don't think they care what happens to this place

Awesome shots! All the art is so interesting. I'm jealous. They are tearing things down in my area left and right lately and this gives me hope that there are still places with stories to tell out there.

Holy shit I think my sister went to this very school! Such a shame to see it abandoned but it'd be sweet to check it out

Posted by Hammeratchi Holy shit I think my sister went to this very school! Such a shame to see it abandoned but it'd be sweet to check it out

PM me the name and I'll tell you if it's the same one or not

i really like these shots especially the first 2!!! good work!

Posted by tiffers So sad to see the art left behind!

I guess it all depends on how you look at it. I was thinking almost the exact opposite: "How neat it would be to unexpectedly find something like this!"

Be careful there, apparently we aren't the only ones interested in such places...

http://blog.al.com...rutal_slaying.html

Posted by gwyn Be careful there, apparently we aren't the only ones interested in such places... http://blog.al.com...rutal_slaying.html

wrong abandon school. note the region this was posted in.


SD

Posted by secretdestroyers wrong abandon school. note the region this was posted in. SD

I was about to say the same, although there's definitely activity inside this one (no murders yet)

The neighborhood this school is in felt very safe when I went, even though it was night time. Hipsters everywhere. I don't see anyone getting slayed here.

Posted by EsseXploreR The neighborhood this school is in felt very safe when I went, even though it was night time. Hipsters everywhere. I don't see anyone getting slayed here.

really? hipsters? They must have been lost.

Although that area is changing a bit, it's still at least bordered by a sketch neighborhood.

Holy shit! I visited this spot 2 times in the last month and out of laziness never posted pics. It's a great spot, did you ever make it on the roof?

Posted by Trackrunner Holy shit! I visited this spot 2 times in the last month and out of laziness never posted pics. It's a great spot, did you ever make it on the roof?

Nice dude that's what's up! I made it to the roof but I wasn't up there for long cause it's pretty visible from the street. How's it looking these days?

Posted by lonewolf34 I was about to say the same, although there's definitely activity inside this one (no murders yet)

What ever ended up happening to your friends and the meth heads?

Posted by JasonJacksonPhoto Nice dude that's what's up! I made it to the roof but I wasn't up there for long cause it's pretty visible from the street. How's it looking these days?

It's looking pretty damn good, surprising it hasn't been completely boarded up by now. Everytime I found something new and it's great. I suppose I'll post my pics here, I think we got a lot of the same shots haha

stuffed2 by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

DSC_0788 by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

DSC_0750 by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

sunset by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

DSC_0873 by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

DSC_0803 by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

DSC_0769 by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

thewalkingdead-4 by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

basic by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

berd by Alex Pahl, on Flickr

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