Abandoned Southeast
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My name is Leland Kent and I have had an interest in abandoned places ever since I was a kid. My goal is to showcase the obscure, sometimes historic, forgotten places I have visited across the Southeast.
Abandoned Southeast
4d ago
About an hour outside of Raleigh, North Carolina sits Cherry Farm, sandwiched between a state penitentiary and a rehab center for paroled drug offenders. Today, the desolate farm is used to conduct sustainable agricultural research, but Cherry Farm has served a very different purpose for nearly a century. It formed the grounds of Cherry Hospital ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
2w ago
The history of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW), also known as the Black Elks, dates back to the late 19th century. After being denied entry into the all-white Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) in Ohio, Benjamin Franklin Howard and Arthur James Riggs, a former slave, discovered they ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
1M ago
The City of Forest Park Police Department, which is located ten miles south of downtown Atlanta, opened in 1993. Besides serving as the main base for police operations, the facility also operated as a jail, which housed inmates prior to them being transferred to county jail or released on bail, and a municipal courtroom. There ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
1M ago
In 1900, the National Negro Business League included some 500 male and female funeral directors. That number swelled to thousands in the 1950s. The enduring importance of a proper burial, whether the deceased was rich or poor, has enabled Black-owned funeral homes to persevere from the industrial revolution to the modern day. These funeral parlors ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
1M ago
The Coweta County Hospital Authority was formed in 1957 under the State Legislative Act known as the Hospital Authorities Law. It stipulated that Hospital Authorities can be established to carry out the purposes and provisions of the law, namely, to provide healthcare needs for the community. A part of the Hospital Authority’s charge was to ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
2M ago
Property tax records show this 7-acre homestead in rural Twiggs County, Georgia was built in the 1920s. The owner, a widow in her 80s, died at the residence in 2001. She left behind seven children, ten grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. One of the seven children inherited the property, who resided in the home until approximately ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
2M ago
Rivers State Prison was originally built as part of the Central State Hospital complex in Milledgeville, Georgia. As of 1937, Central State’s population exceeded 7,200, surpassing the capacity of a facility designed for fewer than 5,000 patients. Some of the existing hospital buildings were nearly 100 years old and in very poor condition. The hospital ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
2M ago
Built circa 1900, this two-story Queen Anne Victorian home in Georgia is a testament to the architectural beauty and craftsmanship of the era. With its intricate details and ornate features, this house showcases the elegance and grandeur of the Victorian era. The Queen Anne style is known for its asymmetrical facades, elaborate decoration, and an ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
3M ago
Payton’s Funeral Home was a family-owned African American funeral home established in the early 20th century by Chester Cornelius Payton Sr. in the small town of Dunn, North Carolina. Chester Payton Sr. was born on November 1, 1908, in Craven County, North Carolina. He later married Addie B. Payton, and they had two children: a ..read more
Abandoned Southeast
3M ago
Henry Wilson Sweet, Sr. was born on September 19, 1866, to Civil War veteran Captain Leander “Lee” Sweet and Sarah Ann Massey Rivers Sweet. The couple had a total of four children, two sons and two daughters. Henry’s brother, James Edward Sweet, served as a postmaster and was a merchant in Bessemer, Alabama. At some ..read more