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UER Forum > US: Great Lakes > Old School Wisconsin (Viewed 1815 times)
ripperofcrust 


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Old School Wisconsin
< on 7/12/2016 5:47 PM >
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First post here. I've had this account for over a year, but I'm just starting to get back into exploring.

This is an old three story school located somewhere in Wisconsin. Built in 1915 originally as the towns high school, it was later used as the towns middle school until it's closure in 1999. Since then, the building has switched owners nearly ten times - and virtually nothing has been done to maintain it.

Today, an EPA warning for arsenic/lead/mercury/asbestos hangs on one of the front doors. severe roof leaks leave anything beyond the first floor nearly unexplorable. No ceiling tiles in the hallways remain intact, creating a squishy brown mush covering the floor. Duct-work collapsed from one part of the basement hallway ceiling, cracking a main wood beam in half. This place could be one winter away from literally collapsing. Not only that, but there's an absurd amount of pigeons on the third floor and possibly an owl in the building. i'm not willing to fight off an owl.

Nearly all of the decay is natural, and I only counted about 3 pieces of graffiti. This place is pretty untouched, and at this point it looks like it will be nature that takes it over with no future plan of demolition.
My next trip back will be with a better camera. usually I use a Cannon, but I only had my iPhone for this. Sorry about that.

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1. This was an office in the basement. There was a visible mist in the air, which you can see in this picture (not a ghost).

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2. A classroom in the basement. There were quite a few classrooms that still had lots of desks.

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3. The "green room". Most windows remain intact, which was especially kind of trippy in this room with the nice neighborhood outside.

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4. Auditorium hallway

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5. 2nd floor hallway. We couldn't get ourselves to walk across it with that cracked beam in the basement and that light barely hanging on.

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6. 2nd floor classroom. This room alone remains so unstructurally sound that all of the interior wall bricks have collapsed.

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7. 2nd floor hallway.




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Re: Old School Wisconsin
< Reply # 1 on 7/12/2016 6:21 PM >
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Just a couple of friendly tips. It may not be wise to make your UER debut with false info about yourself. Your 6 month star is showing and your profile indicates that you just joined in Oct. Not quite a year yet, bud. Also, not your first post.

Also, I saw these pics on the Abandoned WI FB page. FYI, that group is a total shit show. If you wanna see your favorite spots stay free from vandalism, it's wise not to share there. Good job on not revealing the location, though.

Nevertheless, cool spot. Thanks for sharing and welcome.



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ripperofcrust 


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Re: Old School Wisconsin
< Reply # 2 on 7/12/2016 7:02 PM >
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My fault, I spaced checking my actual join date and post count. I should be more careful.

Yeah man, I'm always really discrete when it comes to locations. Especially in that group, some of the stupidity makes me cringe.



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< Reply # 3 on 7/12/2016 10:43 PM >
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That's a cool place; I love the narrow hallway picture. It's interesting; your iPhone pictures look a lot like film, like a disposable camera or something.




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ripperofcrust 


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< Reply # 4 on 7/12/2016 11:19 PM >
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I'll be totally honest, I used a filter on Instagram for all of these and tweaked the brightness/sharpness. I think it worked well though for a film effect, which I was kinda going for.

I'll have to return when I get film for my Polaroid.




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< Reply # 5 on 7/12/2016 11:29 PM >
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It definitely did. Nothing wrong with some post!




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Re: Old School Wisconsin
< Reply # 6 on 7/18/2016 7:57 PM >
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When i first tried to go here (after hearing it was wide open), it had fresh padlocks and signs. Dang it.
Rumor has it someone in my area replaced a padlock and has a key now.. So, a return trip is in store!




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< Reply # 7 on 7/26/2016 2:30 PM >
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I'm from Wisconsin so that's really cool! I'm also new to this website.. do you know why the school was abandoned?




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< Reply # 8 on 7/26/2016 2:53 PM >
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The town this is in built a new middle school and ditched this building. I think they sold it thinking it'd be renovated right away, but that never happened.




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