Located in Franklin, southwest of Montreal, the story of the now abandoned Dorea Institute is told by bits and pieces. Not that its story is marked by horrors (…or maybe it is?), but it is rather difficult to find accurate information on the...
When I was a kid, there was something mysterious to me about this place. I lived nearly twenty years in this village and I had visited this school only once when I was seven or eight years old. Built in the 1950s, it was a school for around fifteen years, time needed to build a bigger and more modern one a stone's throw away. Once closed, the building became a home for mentally disabled people.
In my memory, once descended into the basement facing the main entrance, there was a huge gym. Well, for a 7 years old kid, the term "huge" is rather relative, but the important thing is there was a huge amount (I remind you that I was only 7) of rocking chairs where old folks was waiting...
The old Pagé school is also known to have hit the headlines. Around 1990, a fire caused the death of four patients. The cause? An attendant had start a fire with some clothes. The place had been renovated and had resumed operations thereafter. Closed around the 2000s, it's now abandoned and no project is on the table to do something with the building.
In short, I went back on a Friday night after having found an opportunity to enter a few days earlier. That night, it was raining and I must say it was raining almost as much inside. The floor was a pool and a musty smell was in the air.
My first observation was to realize that there was no gym. In questioning my father and an aunt who had already frequented this primary school, but neither were able to confirm the existence of the gym. Anyway, we don't really care.
Although the place is covered of graffiti and broken windows, I must say that the place is, after all, well preserved. There has water damage everywhere, but the structure is not in a bad shape. Moreover, apart from a new home for the aged (or disabled), I do not see what could be done with this building. Maybe two or three lofts, but stuck between a cemetery and a farm, it does not sound very glamorous ...
Located in Franklin, southwest of Montreal, the story of the now abandoned Dorea Institute is told by bits and pieces. Not that its story is marked by horrors (…or maybe it is?), but it is rather difficult to find accurate information on the...
The College for Girls was founded in 1890 and in 1907 moved to its final home on 22 acres in Upstate, New York. In 1907 the school had an enrollment of 120 students and a faculty of 29. Originally, the course of study was six years with four...
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UPDATE - Message from the owner: this facility is no longer abandoned and will be a regularly used Airsoft field for local groups that someone could be injured. This means that anyone coming on to the property to take photographs...
We are in 1887, almost four years after the founding of this municipality of the Laurentians region, north of Montreal. Arrivals from the Saint-Laurent city after four days of driving in a barouche, two Marianite nuns from Sainte-Croix have the...