09/09/2026
Good morning ghost besties 👻🖤🫶🏻
Let's talk about 🏫 The Old Schoolhouse
There’s something about an abandoned school that makes you stop and wonder about all the lives that once passed through its doors.
This old schoolhouse was built around the late 1920s, originally serving the children of the local logging community. Over the years, the grades taught here changed, and at different points the school housed everything from kindergarten all the way through 12th grade.
And then there was the heat. 🔥
The school was coal heated, which meant keeping the building warm came with a whole lot of soot. The kids were affectionately—or perhaps not so affectionately—referred to as “soot babies.” We can only imagine what those classrooms looked like after a long winter day!
By the late 1960s, the school finally closed its doors when a larger school was built to serve the community.
But its story didn't end there.
During the 1980s, an excavation company purchased the property and used the building for their business. Eventually, the company left, the business became defunct, and the old schoolhouse was left behind.
It sat vacant for years, eventually drawing the attention of the EPA.
Today, the structure has definitely seen better days. The years have taken their toll, and nature is slowly reclaiming pieces of what was once a busy place filled with children, teachers, lessons, laughter, and probably more than a little mischief.
Standing outside of it now, you can't help but wonder...
What was this place like when the halls were full?
What did those classrooms sound like? What memories were made here? How many kids walked through those doors every morning, never imagining that decades later, someone would stand outside wondering about them?
The building may be abandoned now, but its history is still there.
And honestly... that's what makes places like this so fascinating. 👻🏫