I used to go to this school. I graduated in 1993. It was a votech school. We learned everything from cosmetology, business, horticulture, carpentry, masonry, etc.. it was an awesome school
I would have loved to go to a school like that. We had a separate vo tech from lebanon High School aka the three ring circus. It was a school in three circular buildings connected by glass walkways. Very different.
So sad to see William Penn High School in such horrid condition. Also Bishop McDevitt Catholic High School being closed down. My sister graduated from there. What a waste of resources when you see electronics, computers, text books, shop classrooms and the cosmetology lab just laying there to waste. Surely other schools could use that equipment!
You mentioned that you wished you had taken classes in wood working...you're still young enough to take classes at a local trade school. Your grandchildren will cherish the pieces you have made...just a thought. I love your videos and how you share your thoughts as you are exploring.
William Penn High School Harrisburg PA. Harrisburg used to have two high schools until Penn was closed and Harrisburg High Aka John Harris became the sole Harrisburg high school in the late 70s. It became a technical school until it closed in 2010.
The year this school closed it was so heartbreaking, I was going into my senior year when it officially shut down. I personally love and enjoyed every moment going to this tech school. To see it like this is so heartbreaking with all the supplies and everything so much went to waste.
I taught business and accounting in the vo tech program 1996-2000 at this building. It got a bad rap, but if the kids got thru 9th grade they did ok. The problem at that point was that 75% of the building was allotted to middle school, they were totally out of control.
Use to skip classes jus to hang in the hallways played hide in seek wit security so many places to chill was like a second home man so many memories here good video!
Hi Connor, wow so many books and even computers. I would say it hasn't been abandoned that long as it's not that tagged up which is good. Those long tunnels/corridors to the fallout shelter looked super scary. Thanks for sharing. x
This location has been abandoned since 2011, although accessing the location is challenging which is why graffiti isnt too prevelant. The tunnels were fun but I have a bad sense of direction sometimes so I temporarily got lost XD. Thanks for watching!
@@joeyfarley2463this is William Penn High School in Harrisburg, PA. My grandfather went to this high school. It's quite sad that it has gone into disarray and disrepair like this.
This video is a testament to the waste, corruption and incompetence of the Harrisburg School District! Millions of dollars have gone missing from this district! Don’t believe me, do some research! This is my Alma Mater! My heart and mind hurt!!
I went to this School in the late 80s and early 90s, it was falling apart THEN, it was built in the late eighteen hundreds, millions of kids have been educated here over the years, this building has served its purpose
The building may have served its purpose as far as education, but it’s just sitting, instead of letting it rot, why not sell it for a good price to someone that would repurpose it, like someone else commented a community center or apartments, I’m sure the home owners in that district are still paying taxes on it, all the furniture and books could have been given away or donated, it is sickening that we have homeless families in all our cities in America and so many abandoned buildings and the local governments just let them decay and even deny people to use them. So sad.
402 Graham St has no found owners but is next to a school. Doesn’t look like a normal house. I wonder if a tunnel went there? It would be great to take a measuring device in those tunnels and see if any go outside the school grounds.
William Penn deserves a revival like honestly the shame and neglect by the school board who are the owners is horrid and destitute. All they care to think about is the money and profit here, there has been so many interests to purchase. From a nonprofit to turn it into a community center and then homes. But cause of greed nothing has changed.
I went to this school from 94 and graduated in 98 that second carpentry class was my class Mr Carroll was the carpentry teacher it’s crazy to see the school like this
I was here about a week ago, you can still get in through a window at the front but I don't recommend it. It felt like someone was watching me and my friend.
@@noahtyler2634 Yeah facing north street at the entrance to the left, there's a window you can get in but I don't recommend it. There was someone sitting in a car and it felt like they were watching us.
After William Penn ceased to be a high school it was used as a votech school which would explain the cosmetology section. The second school in this video may be Bishop Mcdevitt, also in Harrisburg PA.
Very true, but also bask in the day you could graduate from high school with a trade. My older brother went to William Penn while it was a high school and graduated with some technical certification.
Been here before. Me and my friends saw this cool trophy but we didnt touch it and we were 100% sure nobody was in the building with us at all. We go back down the same hallway and the thing is gone, nowhere to be found.
Why did this school close? And the real ? Would be how and why would any govt allow a school to close? this school looks like it was a vocational h.s. being theres a wood shop and cosmetology class
Because it was an inner city school full of black kids. They don’t want us to have trades for free like any other vocational school in white school districts. My father worked here. I remember him getting laid off. I even went here for summer camp. It was some of the most fun I had. I learned so much. Smh. So many books and supplies left when they could have sent it to the other BLACK high school but as we can see, they didn’t even care.
I graduated from that school in 1970.😢😢😢😢 And yet Harrisburg let people live on the streets rather than do something with a building like that.😢😢😢 Right company by that building you could build a whole community the stores and everything in one place in that building. The place is humongous.
What do you mean? The public version was closed because the school district, which had two high schools, saw its population collapse to literally half of what it used to be. Then they couldn't afford to financially support the Vo Tech program they eventually did put in there.
we need to get back to private education the waste in this country is sickening it kills me when that say the books are dated, does it matter they are not learning anyhow
I was just in there today and omg everything is 100 time worse now then when this video has been posted some class rooms literally have ash in them because people caught it on fire I can say it’s a pretty big and cool school but it’s sad on how much things people have done to the place the basement literally had human poop and toilet paper everywhere and they should probably go thru and take a lot of stuff out because there are so many peoples information that if someone tried to take someone identification they could
I went there and some guy pulled up and tried to take pictures of me and my friends then proceeded to make us leave after we drove an hour to this school a few weeks ago.
Any chance of you doing Daniels, Maryland? There's not too much there, according to Google Maps. But, there are old cars from the 40's-50's, old buildings and ruins, and things like that. I've never been there personally.
What waste? That building was built in the late eighteen hundreds, millions of children were educated there over the years, it has served its purpose....
Good photography. BUT a little info would have been nice. You could have spent 30 seconds naming the location, so that viewers don't have to scan the comments. Also, what was the reason for its closure?
Trade school shut down and all the supplies just left to waste. It's rather disgusting. The supplies and equipment should have been repurposed to other schools. That's a waste.
What a waste. They need to go on there and clean the place out and auction the stuff out. Govt. waste at it's best. The place could be used to home the homeless. Sad to see a building go to waste.
I used to go to this school. I graduated in 1993. It was a votech school. We learned everything from cosmetology, business, horticulture, carpentry, masonry, etc.. it was an awesome school
I would have loved to go to a school like that. We had a separate vo tech from lebanon High School aka the three ring circus. It was a school in three circular buildings connected by glass walkways. Very different.
I graduated from this school and now have 2 kids an 8 year old and and 2 year old I’m 25 now I had the 8 one in 2014 and the two year old in 2019
What school was this?
Harrisburg Pennsylvania,I went to this school also and too see this breaks my heart
WOW what a waste of books, furniture and equipment!! It all could of been repurposed!! Thanks for a great video!!
Exactly! So many perfectly good books were left to waste. Thanks for watching!
What a waste .
@@ConnorExploring Can you say what school this was?
I'm a graduate of this High School . Brought back some wonderful memories. Sad to see it's state.
I graduated 08 from william penn
Must of been a great school in it's time. Where is the school.
Mm! Small world! I'm in high school right now. Freshman.
I went here and graduated
@@rachelandersen3762 Wow. It must be like a reunion for you guys!
So sad to see William Penn High School in such horrid condition. Also Bishop McDevitt Catholic High School being closed down. My sister graduated from there. What a waste of resources when you see electronics, computers, text books, shop classrooms and the cosmetology lab just laying there to waste. Surely other schools could use that equipment!
You mentioned that you wished you had taken classes in wood working...you're still young enough to take classes at a local trade school. Your grandchildren will cherish the pieces you have made...just a thought. I love your videos and how you share your thoughts as you are exploring.
William Penn High School Harrisburg PA. Harrisburg used to have two high schools until Penn was closed and Harrisburg High Aka John Harris became the sole Harrisburg high school in the late 70s. It became a technical school until it closed in 2010.
The loft in the 1st wood shop looks freaking cozy as hell 😮
The year this school closed it was so heartbreaking, I was going into my senior year when it officially shut down. I personally love and enjoyed every moment going to this tech school. To see it like this is so heartbreaking with all the supplies and everything so much went to waste.
What’s the school called
@@joeyfarley2463 William penn high school in Harrisburg, PA
I Graduated before it closed down now I have 2 kids I went to school with 2 kids
This is just heartbreaking I went to school there in the early 7 days and it was such a beautiful property and the architecture was amazing
The school is in Harrisburg pa. It's called William Penn high school
Well. I know what my friend and I are doing a couple of weeks from now
I know I went to this school 9-12 1994-2012
Cool. That's not far from me at all
I taught business and accounting in the vo tech program 1996-2000 at this building.
It got a bad rap, but if the kids got thru 9th grade they did ok.
The problem at that point was that 75% of the building was allotted to middle school, they were totally out of control.
Use to skip classes jus to hang in the hallways played hide in seek wit security so many places to chill was like a second home man so many memories here good video!
I went here and skipped p.e and English lol
It’s pretty easy to get in now. There’s a hole in the fence that wasn’t there before and from there you can just climb through the window
some beautiful scenery you got.
Sad. Was just right by there on Saturday. I can't help, but be memorized by this plc, whenever I drive past it.
What's the name of the school
Hi Connor, wow so many books and even computers. I would say it hasn't been abandoned that long as it's not that tagged up which is good. Those long tunnels/corridors to the fallout shelter looked super scary. Thanks for sharing. x
This location has been abandoned since 2011, although accessing the location is challenging which is why graffiti isnt too prevelant. The tunnels were fun but I have a bad sense of direction sometimes so I temporarily got lost XD. Thanks for watching!
@@ConnorExploring Lol you and me both with direction. Amazing it's been abandoned that long, wow.
@@SueGirling68 what’s the school called please?
@@joeyfarley2463 I have no clue, sorry. I live in the UK.
@@joeyfarley2463this is William Penn High School in Harrisburg, PA. My grandfather went to this high school. It's quite sad that it has gone into disarray and disrepair like this.
Sad to see it left to decay, hope they save it.
I agree. There is a chance this school might be saved because a nearby school is being currently being restored. Thanks for watching!
That school is too far gone to be repaired, the place closed in 2011 but it began falling apart in the early 90s
It’s an apartment now :(
I went to school here back in '99-2000. Its so sad to see. Thanks for the video!
Me: at school here 2002-2018
Where is this ?
This video is a testament to the waste, corruption and incompetence of the Harrisburg School District! Millions of dollars have gone missing from this district! Don’t believe me, do some research! This is my Alma Mater! My heart and mind hurt!!
Waste in Pa as a whole. Corrupt politicians
I went to this School in the late 80s and early 90s, it was falling apart THEN, it was built in the late eighteen hundreds, millions of kids have been educated here over the years, this building has served its purpose
The building may have served its purpose as far as education, but it’s just sitting, instead of letting it rot, why not sell it for a good price to someone that would repurpose it, like someone else commented a community center or apartments, I’m sure the home owners in that district are still paying taxes on it, all the furniture and books could have been given away or donated, it is sickening that we have homeless families in all our cities in America and so many abandoned buildings and the local governments just let them decay and even deny people to use them. So sad.
So when I lose my textbook I gotta pay $100 but they just keeping a couple thousand in that shit😂
Awesome photos
402 Graham St has no found owners but is next to a school. Doesn’t look like a normal house. I wonder if a tunnel went there? It would be great to take a measuring device in those tunnels and see if any go outside the school grounds.
William Penn deserves a revival like honestly the shame and neglect by the school board who are the owners is horrid and destitute. All they care to think about is the money and profit here, there has been so many interests to purchase. From a nonprofit to turn it into a community center and then homes. But cause of greed nothing has changed.
I went to this school from 94 and graduated in 98 that second carpentry class was my class Mr Carroll was the carpentry teacher it’s crazy to see the school like this
What’s the school calledv
@@joeyfarley2463 it’s called William Penn Highschool
2000-2019
Remember Mr Carroll saying "TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT!"
He was a good teacher
Mr Ferguson was the graphic arts teacher
He and I went to Carlisle in 1999, and 2000
We both now retired
This truly was a great school ran by great admins sad to see it just shut down like this brought back many memories😢
My mom told me about this school, i never seen an abandon school like this until 3 days ago
I’ve been here a few times now. Really cool place with lots to explore
Could you drop the location?
Fr
@@drewkramer6171William penn highschool
I wouldn’t of gave a dam I woulda went thru most the books and supplies 😂🤷🏼♀️
That place reminds me of South Mountain up in Pennsylvania.
Are you talking about the asylum? The columns do make them look similar! Thanks for watching!
@@ConnorExploring yes... we went there a couple years ago. The place is full of a lot of stuff
Oh all those books I live books breaks my heart
Thanks for posting. I don't really see too many urbex videos of Pennsylvania that isn't Centralia. :)
Lol I live near Centralia. It's nice to see videos if other places
I want those books in library lol most of the ones that wasn’t damaged
I'd love to get my hands on so much of the stuff in that building.
I loved the libare
I was here about a week ago, you can still get in through a window at the front but I don't recommend it. It felt like someone was watching me and my friend.
Where at in the front? Facing North 3rd street?
@@noahtyler2634 Yeah facing north street at the entrance to the left, there's a window you can get in but I don't recommend it. There was someone sitting in a car and it felt like they were watching us.
@@weaverdamien00000000 Alright, thanks for the info. What time did you go when the car was sitting there?
@@noahtyler2634 No problem. I was there around 1, we also went there around 10 at night after Hershey Park.
@@weaverdamien00000000 Okay cool, and the car was there watching both times?
After William Penn ceased to be a high school it was used as a votech school which would explain the cosmetology section. The second school in this video may be Bishop Mcdevitt, also in Harrisburg PA.
Bishop McDevitt, another sad waste
Bishop Mcdevitt was recently bought with plans to either turn it into a charter school or apartments.
Very true, but also bask in the day you could graduate from high school with a trade. My older brother went to William Penn while it was a high school and graduated with some technical certification.
I wonder how many kids were abused in those tunnels…? I hope you investigate all those tunnels in detail…
That was my high school...it’s really sad to see it in this state.
What’s the school called?
Mine too
@@joeyfarley2463 William Penn High School in Harrisburg, PA.
Been here before. Me and my friends saw this cool trophy but we didnt touch it and we were 100% sure nobody was in the building with us at all. We go back down the same hallway and the thing is gone, nowhere to be found.
What’s the school called
i just went today and found a red broken trophy in the hall
@@desixxe1878 how did you get in?? I drove an hour 30 to the school twice and I got caught by security both times
@@joeyfarley2463 What happened when you got caught? Did they ticket or arrest you?
Why did this school close? And the real ? Would be how and why would any govt allow a school to close? this school looks like it was a vocational h.s. being theres a wood shop and cosmetology class
It was a great school omm
Because it was an inner city school full of black kids. They don’t want us to have trades for free like any other vocational school in white school districts. My father worked here. I remember him getting laid off. I even went here for summer camp. It was some of the most fun I had. I learned so much. Smh. So many books and supplies left when they could have sent it to the other BLACK high school but as we can see, they didn’t even care.
@@ShadesOfJadeOfficial it said down bring about a lack of enrollment
2000-2018 it was sad to go
@@rachelandersen3762 hi!
I graduated from that school in 1970.😢😢😢😢 And yet Harrisburg let people live on the streets rather than do something with a building like that.😢😢😢 Right company by that building you could build a whole community the stores and everything in one place in that building. The place is humongous.
I went to this school. 😢
This is so sad to see.
I know it’s like a runion to see it for me 😢
So sad Harrisburg let this go 😪 I say fix this up and bring it back looks like a great school
You could also make it into a museum of some sort. That would be cool
Whats the name of the school and where in PA is it located?
Toyota_Fan willam penn Harrisburg
Wow
Never knew when they closed this school, they left it like that. Unbelievable.
I went to this school
2014 their closed
What do you mean? The public version was closed because the school district, which had two high schools, saw its population collapse to literally half of what it used to be. Then they couldn't afford to financially support the Vo Tech program they eventually did put in there.
I just can't believe they let it sit there to rot😢
Hi Connor, Excellent content. We film and edit very similar. I look forward to more of your content. Glad I found your channel
It would be great if some of that stuff could b given to needy families
we need to get back to private education the waste in this country is sickening it kills me when that say the books are dated, does it matter they are not learning anyhow
Great! Thanks
But the grammar is so good! Why would they close it
I was just in there today and omg everything is 100 time worse now then when this video has been posted some class rooms literally have ash in them because people caught it on fire I can say it’s a pretty big and cool school but it’s sad on how much things people have done to the place the basement literally had human poop and toilet paper everywhere and they should probably go thru and take a lot of stuff out because there are so many peoples information that if someone tried to take someone identification they could
Did you go through the window?
I went there and some guy pulled up and tried to take pictures of me and my friends then proceeded to make us leave after we drove an hour to this school a few weeks ago.
Any chance of you doing Daniels, Maryland? There's not too much there, according to Google Maps. But, there are old cars from the 40's-50's, old buildings and ruins, and things like that. I've never been there personally.
Good reason NOT to give more money to education. The massive waste here is appalling.
What waste? That building was built in the late eighteen hundreds, millions of children were educated there over the years, it has served its purpose....
This is soooo sad! They could've auctioned the contents off for funding to use elsewhere.
Nice vid
Cool place
Anyone know who you would contact if you wanted to shoot a film in this school
Good photography. BUT a little info would have been nice. You could have spent 30 seconds naming the location, so that viewers don't have to scan the comments. Also, what was the reason for its closure?
Class of 84, this is sad to see
Trade school shut down and all the supplies just left to waste. It's rather disgusting. The supplies and equipment should have been repurposed to other schools. That's a waste.
Good vid bro.
Thanks for watching!
My old high school. Class of 1992.
Class of 1999
@@Shekhar.chhetri William Penn
My grandma went to William Penn. what a shame
I did
Great video. Stop whispering, talk... you're not with your girlfriend at the drive-in you're doing a video LOL peace
Usually in abandoned buildings you don't wanna make too much noise
What’s crazy is those algebra books are not that old. So this hasn’t been abandoned very long. Maybe 10yrs tops.
Fr
I did graphic arts in that jawn
Where this at
it still amazes me how much perfectly good equipment paid for by taxpayers is left to rot.
The basement does not lead to other schools.
Is it locked down ?
No closed down now
What a waste. They need to go on there and clean the place out and auction the stuff out. Govt. waste at it's best. The place could be used to home the homeless. Sad to see a building go to waste.
its a vocational technical high school
What city is this in?
Harrisburg
Yeah Harrisburg 2000s graduated
I went here
Why are you whispering, ugh whisperers drive me freaking nuts!
Or does anyone know the way in ?
I do I went there...
Empty schools like this should be re-purposed into Senior Citizen housing.
Wasted tax payer money. Could have made apts for the needy. Sad.
It was very upsetting to see all the supplies left to waste, especially all the perfectly good books in the library. Thanks for commenting!
Where is this
William Penn HS in Harrisburg
How's security there