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An abandoned school out in Brush. It's not in the locations DB (that I can see). Almost completely untouched by taggers, but would not recommend visiting here. The ENTIRE place is thoroughly layered in pigeon shit. We were in and out very quickly with good respirators.
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What?! That looks sick! Great pictures! Are there any artifacts left in the school or is it barren?
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That looks amazing!
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Posted by qgxzxy131
What?! That looks sick! Great pictures! Are there any artifacts left in the school or is it barren?
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There's still some stuff in the classrooms... completely covered in bird shit and the occasional dead bird. Seems like they stored a lot of random stuff in the cafeteria too.
I really can't emphasize enough how foul it is in there.
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Damn pigeons. Jerks.
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I live really close to this place. Drove around it a couple different times but never saw a good POE it looked locked up tight. The way the ceilings are coming down is amazing. Did you make it above the first floor?
Here are some links to some history on this building as well as the attempts to save it from demolition. I didn't have any luck locating the video mentioned in the newspaper article.
http://www.fortmor...es.com/ci_19919348
http://coloradopre...al-platoon-school/
http://digital.den...5330coll22/id/5393
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I believe I did this one but it's been 2 or 3 years now. My memory is bad!!!
Was this school on the way to go to some kind of sugarmill North-East the state? I remember, off the highway 70.
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Thanks for the articles! Pretty fascinating place. POE is on the second floor, we had to do little climbing to get in. Be careful though, when I first looked in I nearly got knocked off the window sill by ~50 pigeons freaking out and flying away. It was a little awkward in broad daylight, but no one seemed to care. Some teenagers wandered onto the grounds briefly and a a neighbor waved at us.
Posted by Geoff Rey
I believe I did this one but it's been 2 or 3 years now. My memory is bad!!!
Was this school on the way to go to some kind of sugarmill North-East the state? I remember, off the highway 70.
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Yup, we hit this on the way back to Denver from the Sterling mill, I76.
Some more photos. It's been almost two weeks and neither of us have died or turned into a pigeon yet. So that's a plus.
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Is it the same? I feel like it is very similar but not at the same time.
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Couldn't say for sure if it is or not, but the Brush school appears to have mostly tiled ceilings while the other one has plaster. You also mentioned Hwy 70 which is further south than Brush which is on Hwy 76.
There are actually a lot of abandoned schools on the eastern plains. I know of about 5 in towns and there are several more old one room schools out in the rural areas. I'm going by one of those later this week, I'll grab some photos.
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Looks like a beautiful old school.
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That appears to be a pretty neat old school. I've driven past a couple times and haven't really paid any attention.
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Way awesome! Anybody else notice that in old abandoned buildings, it always seems to be the restrooms that the pigeons like to take over?
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Great shots. Looks like a fun explore. I hate it when I encounter pigeons. They always freak out.
Jim Sullivan @placesthatwere
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Encounter any issues getting in/out?
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Incredible man! Driven past this school and know some of the history, great shots! Birds always scare me while exploring!
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