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A door stands in a pile of rubble at the end of a demolished brick wall at Pleasant Center Elementary School outside Fort Wayne, Indiana.

 

The Last Days of Pleasant Center School #2 The Last Days of Pleasant Center School #2

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The Last Days of Pleasant Center School #2

A lone door stands amid the rubble of a partially demolished wall on the side of Pleasant Center Elementary School. The school opened in 1952, was closed by Fort Wayne Community Schools as a budget-cutting measure in 2010, and was demolished in 2014.

The school was located a few miles south of Fort Wayne at the corner of Pleasant Center Road and Bluffton Road in rural Allen County, Indiana. The building had been well maintained and was in great condition.

I made this photograph in the last few minutes of warm sunlight at the end of the day. All but a very small part of the school had been demolished by the next day, and that was gone soon after.

5-21-14

 

 

 

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