The retro brick building of Dirom Insulating Co is on 27 Cabell Street, in the Daniel’s Hill neighborhood of downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. This Italianate styled building was constructed in 1890. It was owned by the Dirom Insulating Co who offered insulated brick siding, aluminum storm windows and doors, caulking, asphalt and shingle roofs and more. It was built with a flat roof and pressed brick as a commercial building. It was formerly part of the original main street and sixth street of downtown. All images by Stoto.co with use and licensing under CC By NC SA 4.0. Where is the...
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Dirom Insulating Co Abandoned Building
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Abandoned Bocock School Now Being Renovated
The Bocock Elementary School is on the 100 block of Bocock Road, at the outskirts of Campbell County and Lycnhburg City, Virginia. The Bocock Elementary School began sometime before 1965 and lasted as a school through several decades. Sometime, during the later 1990’s the elementary school closed. Later it was re-opened as a small nursing home which closed in October of 2007. After this it was under the market as a ‘Hotel & Motel’ property site. Advertised as an investment type with a metal roof, paved parking, tile flooring inside with 8 single restrooms and 2 community restrooms. It was...
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The Ghost Town of Animas Forks
Animas Forks is along County Road 9, which travels through the Gunnison National Forest, outside the town of Silverton, Colorado. Animas Forks was a small mining community nestled on a system of roads now known as the Alpine Loop. The Alpine Loop is 65 miles of unpaved road all in a loop going through the 3 towns of Silverton, Ouray and Lake City. The first cabin in Animas Forks was built in 1873 and just 3 years later it became a busy mining town. At its peak there was a hotel, post office, saloon, store and 30 cabin homes in...
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Abandoned Spooky Home in Ansonia
This home is just off the road of route 118, the village of Ansonia, Darke County, Ohio. Coordinates : 40.251399,-84.635952 The history of this home is unknown. There were reported fires to a home on Route 118 in 2006 but it is unclear if it was to this one. The area around the home is used for agricultural use, with the home more than likely being part of the land zoned for farming. Some homes are better left as they are so they can be remembered instead of demolished. Picture 1 used with permission and is © Scott Amus. Where...
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The abandoned church in forest shrubs
The abandoned church is on the 300 to 350 stretch of Spring Hill Road, Hot Springs, Bath County, the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, Virginia. Abandoned churches are abound in the rural areas of Virginia and the Appalachian Mountains. It seems as if this church was working in a partnership of sorts or sponsored by the McLaughlin Family Funeral Home that was opened in downtown Hot Springs in the 1960’s. The history of this church is relatively hidden. All images belong to and are from : https://www.flickr.com/photos/thismightberelevant/sets. Where is this abandoned church located? You can find it with these...
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Abandoned Homes of Swan’s Island
Swan’s Island is a town and island in Hancock County, Maine. The small island town of Swan’s Island was charted by Samuel de Champlain in 1606. During that time it was used as hunting grounds by Native Americans. The island is named after James Swan, a Scottish man, who purchased the island in 1786. The first settler to the island occurred in 1791 by David Smith. After this the population began to increase to over 1000 by the 1900s. As of today there are only over 300 people living on the island. The island is home to several abandoned buildings...
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Abandoned Old Mechanics Hut
This mechanic or car shop / wash is sirectly off of Village Highway , town of Concord, Campbell County, Virginia. This seems to have been a small time mechanic shop off the side of the road. There is a barrel of Zep Manufacturing Company chemical for cleaning or something. A green curtain is still clinging to a window next to a work bench that still has most of its wood intact. The re bar stands upward from the missing roof. A fire has been lit inside on the floor and broken glass and rusted cables are scattered around. View a...
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Ruined Abandoned Synagogue of Anshe Kenesseth Israel
The former Anshe Kenesseth Israel synagogue (later the Friendship Baptist Church and then the Shepherd’s Temple Missionary Baptist Church) was at 3411 West Douglas Boulevard, in North Lawndale, the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. This synagogue was demolished in 2012 but it began in 1913. It was built by the Aroner & Somers architects for the predominately Jewish area of the time for a price of $100,000 USD. As time progressed the area became less and less dominated by Judaism and almost all synagogues in the area were sold to churches in the 1950’s. Friendship Baptist Church bought the building...
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Dirom Insulating Co Abandoned Building
The retro brick building of Dirom Insulating Co is on 27 Cabell Street, in the Daniel’s Hill neighborhood of downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. This Italianate styled building was constructed in 1890. It was owned by the Dirom Insulating Co who offered insulated brick siding, aluminum storm windows and doors, caulking, asphalt and shingle roofs and more. It was built with a flat roof and pressed brick as a commercial building. It was formerly part of the original main street and sixth street of downtown. All images by Stoto.co with use and licensing under CC By NC SA 4.0. Where is the...
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Abandoned Bocock School Now Being Renovated
The Bocock Elementary School is on the 100 block of Bocock Road, at the outskirts of Campbell County and Lycnhburg City, Virginia. The Bocock Elementary School began sometime before 1965 and lasted as a school through several decades. Sometime, during the later 1990’s the elementary school closed. Later it was re-opened as a small nursing home which closed in October of 2007. After this it was under the market as a ‘Hotel & Motel’ property site. Advertised as an investment type with a metal roof, paved parking, tile flooring inside with 8 single restrooms and 2 community restrooms. It was...
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The Ghost Town of Animas Forks
Animas Forks is along County Road 9, which travels through the Gunnison National Forest, outside the town of Silverton, Colorado. Animas Forks was a small mining community nestled on a system of roads now known as the Alpine Loop. The Alpine Loop is 65 miles of unpaved road all in a loop going through the 3 towns of Silverton, Ouray and Lake City. The first cabin in Animas Forks was built in 1873 and just 3 years later it became a busy mining town. At its peak there was a hotel, post office, saloon, store and 30 cabin homes in...
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Abandoned and Strange Dome Home in Logan
This bizarre dome home is at 31604 on Chieftain Drive, city of Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. The concrete dome home was built sometime in the early 1970’s. It is said, but unconfirmed, that there was a small petting zoo on the property at sometime after it was built. The home was never finished and windows were never put in. Now, this home stands as a disappearing road side attraction of Hocking County, Ohio. Picture 1 used with permission and is © Scott Amus. Where is the abandoned dome home of Logan, Ohio located? Find it with these. 39.547052,-82.43719
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Abandoned Flatiron Style Building in Cincinnati
This abandoned building is located at the 3 way intersection of Dorchester Avenue, Sycamore Street and Auburn Avenue in the Mount Auburn neighborhood, city of Cincinnati, Ohio. This amazing corner building is located in the historic district of Mount Auburn. Rich with obvious style the history seems minimal. It is another overlooked building, it has even had its neighboring building torn down. The future is unclear for this gem of structure. Where is this abandoned building in Cincinnati located? You can find it with these coordinates. 39.117999,-84.509265.
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An Abandoned Playground off South Street
This playground is on South Street, the township of Sparta, Morrow County, Ohio. The playground lies rusting and derelict off an old country road. It was part of a former elementary school, which is now a private residence. The school itself was built in 1923 but the playground items are seemingly from the 1980’s. The playground, however, has not been remembered and becomes more and more weather worn over time. 16 years ago the school and property was auctioned off, leaving the playground unused since. Images used with permissions and © Scott Amus. Where is the forgotten playground of an...
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Abandoned Dry Ice Manufacturing Plant of Salton Sea
This former Dry Ice Manufactering Plant is at the intersection of Pound Road and Wister Road in the city of Calipatria, Imperial County, California. Established some time in the later 1930’s and fully bumping by the 1950’s is this Dry Ice Manufacturing Plant at a desolate place in the more remote area of the Salton Sea. The home that is on the property is now decayed and remains of the fireplace can be seen in the picture below. Later, in the 1970’s, it is thought to have become a mineral spa. Concrete circles in the ground now act as fading...
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Nottoway Abandoned Log Cabin
This log cabin is along the Patrick Henry Highway, in the town of Crewe, Nottoway County, Virginia. This little home is practically invisible with nature during the summer but very visible in the winter. The cabin is sporting thick wooden beams in an overlapping pattern. It has a small attic window and boarded up side back door. It is just paces from the Nottoway prison. There is now junked furniture and broken items outside this cottage. Where is this located. GPS coordinates : 37.21749,-78.15032
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Abandoned Silo Grain Elevators of Isle of Wight County Virginia
Located on Silo La (landing or lane?) from Zuni Circle, in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, one very big and abandoned silo. There is little to no information about this huge structure other than its use as a grain elevator. The doors are sealed shut but you can never keep the birds out! You can hear the singing from outside of the metal doors. Where is this abandoned silo located? 36.865148,-76.831084
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Abandoned Tyler House of the Former Duckbill Farm
The Tyler House is located behind the Dollar General at 4689 South Amherst Highway, town of Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia. The Tyler House was part of the Duckbill Plantation and was built in 1825 and completed by 1828. It is believed to have been built by Captain James Lampkin and bought by the Tyler family in 1885. The house had 2 bedrooms on each floor, 2 chimneys, several fireplaces, 2 porches, dumbwaiter and extras. The property also had a smokehouse, carriage house, tenant houses and 2 schoolhouses. “It was a functioning home in my twenties but that was 50...
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Fallout 3 Abandoned Places and Settings in Video Game
These abandoned locations are set in the Virginia and Washington DC area of the fictional post apocalyptic game Fallout 3. Video games have made a big scene through out the modern world since their inception with the 1947 Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device game. The rest is history. Several games have featured an abandoned setting while others are practically just a derelict or abandoned wasteland, like Fallout 3. Abandoned schools, vehicles, gas stations, homes and the like are debuted through out. Whilst traveling through the ruins of Washington DC and Germantown it is noticed that many places were spot on...
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Abandoned Olympia Beer Brewery of Tumwater Falls
The original brewery for Olympia beer is across from the Tumwater Historical Park and along the Deschutes River at Capitol Boulevard South East, the city of Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington. Olympia Brewery was founded by the German immigrant, Leopold Schmidt, in 1896. It was originally named The Capital Brewing Company and consisted of a 4 story brew house, an ice factory powered by the Tumwater Falls, a keg and bottling plant and a 5 floor cellar building. The name was changed to Olympia Brewing Company in 1902 and their slogan was changed to ‘It’s the Water’. In 1916, statewide prohibition...
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