Abandoned House Landrum SC 55

Here is a photo taken some time ago of an abandoned house in what I believe is actually New Prospect SC rather than Landrum SC. It is located on West Melvin Hill Rd.
If I remember correctly it was rather run down but not as bad as alot I've seen. It was rather deserted. By that I mean it was by itself not too close to any other houses.
There are alot of abandoned houses in SC. There are some in Rutherford County but not very many in Henderson county.

 

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Abandoned House Fuquay Varina NC

Here is the link to the house and story. It is http://www.graveaddiction.com/fvabhouse.html. I cannot make it load up when I try to access it. I've included the photo and story here on my blog. There are a number of photos at grave addiction.
This is an interesting looking old house. I like finding my own abandoned houses but I also like finding ones other people have found in areas where I can't go most of the time.

Shannon Zroback sent me the following information about this old abandoned house:



I am not exactly sure what town this house is in but I do know that is somewhere near the town of Fuquay-Varina . A friend and I found it one day when we were out looking for old cemeteries and decided to check it out. We have been back many times since. The house is falling apart (as you can tell from pics) but the yard is very well maintained. The house is full of furniture (there are even towels hanging on the wall in the bathroom) It look like it may have been a plantation home, I am sure that it was a very beautiful home at one time. The last time we were there we talked to a neighbor and he said that no one has lived in the home the whole time that he and his wife have lived next door (over 30 years) and that the owners will NOT go in the home, they only come to cut the grass and that is all. I personally find it strange that they left everything there and locked up the house (doors are locked with pad locks or have furniture pushed against them) What I think happened was that either something horrible happened there and the family no longer wanted to live there and didn't want anything to remind them of what happened so they just up and left and didn't take anything with them. OR that the house is haunted and the haunting got to be so bad that the family fled with out taking their belongings and they will no go back in the house even long enough to get their things. Everything in the house looks to be from the 60's or 70's. I personally think that the home is haunted, I get a very eerie felling every time we are there and have felt like I am being watched. Who know why the home is abandoned or why the family refuses to go back there but for some reason I feel drawn to this house.

The photos and story are courtesy of grave addiction.

South Carolina Lunatic Asylum

These are some interesting photos. Being an old lunatic asylum it's probably haunted but who knows maybe not.

The photos and essay are courtesy of grave addiction. I tried linking directly to the site but couldn't. It kept giving me an error message and I know how annoying that can be for someone to open the window only for nothing to be there so I put it right here on my blog. The excerpt is to the site owner.


Mitch Oates sent me the following information about this old, abandoned mental hospital:
The South Carolina Lunatic Asylum was built in the late 1850's, and its design was cutting-edge for its time. The photographs are of the Babcock Building, the second oldest building, but the most impressive on the campus. The 140 acre campus itself is a nearly deserted city within the middle of Columbia, South Carolina, but the grounds are patrolled by state police. There are old wooden houses used by the doctors, an old church (Ironically named Chapel of Hope), a canteen, a library, and an auditorium...all abandoned. The state is eager to sell the property to developers hungry for real estate within the city, but historic preservation groups are attempting to block development. The grounds may also hold some archeological artifacts. During the Civil War, the hill behind the Babcock Building was used as a prisoner of war camp for Union soldiers. There is also a story of a serial killer on the grounds of the Asylum during the 1800's, who turned out to be a painter on the groundkeeping staff. I cannot vouch for the validity of that story.

There are several more photos which can be accessed at grave addiction.

Abandoned Building-Mill Spring NC 53

This is an abandoned building on Landrum Road in Mill Spring NC which is very close to Landrum SC. It is on the corner of Highway 9.

Bell Mtn Abandoned House-Tuxedo NC 50

This is another abandoned house on Bell Mountain that I found while exploring the area and exploring Bell Mountain to see if it really is haunted. I can't say whether it is or not although people have said they've sighted ghosts here. I couldn't say. I went back at night and the first time I found it extremely creepy especially at the site of one of the houses but nothing particulry out of the ordinary. The honest truth is most places are not haunted, it's just myth or urban legend perperated by bored elderly folks who either want to scare the kids, have some fun at the expense of outsiders or just have nothing better to talk about and this livens up their lives and gives people something to talk about.

Either way, I can't say whether it is or not but if anyone has had an experience with this area or would like to share some the stories passed down to them by their grandparents, etc. I'd like to hear it.

Bell Mtn House-Tuxedo NC

This is an old abandoned house I found while exploring the supposedly haunted Bell Mountain in Tuxedo NC located in Henderson county nearest the SC line. In fact if you travel Bell Mtn Rd all the way out which is a very far distance you will run right into The Greenville SC Watershed area which is off limits to anyone but employees or authorized personel. It's an otherwise nice area minus a few old beat down houses in need of repairs. It's out in the country away from the towns but still close enough to not be too big of an inconvenience for those who like the countryside.
There really isn't anyone up there to speak of except for the people that live there and I've walked down the road and even into the Greenville Watershed area after 5 PM. I didn't see anyone. Actually I had a sudden need for a potty break and couldn't wait and the Greenville Watershed appeared to be the best choice with the most privacy so I took it.
There are several old abandoned houses out here and this is one of them.

Abandoned House-Travelers Rest SC

This is an old, empty, very dilapidated house that sits very close to Hwy 25 on N. Old Buncombe Rd in Travelers Rest SC. It's apparent by the amount of abandoned houses in this one area that people really don't care about their or their loved ones houses especially after they've been shipped off to nursing homes and passed away.
It's this particular element that I find the most interesting. There is a history to every one of these houses. At one time someone lived here and it may have been a nice house but over time it fell into disrepair which is the case for many of the houses I find. There may have been children who lived here and who grew up here but no one will ever know. I doubt the people who live in these areas have any idea about the people that once lived there. That's a shame.
It's a shame that houses fall into such disrepair and no one cares least of all the children of the people who once lived there and had vibrant, active lives. That of course is a very positive outlook on the houses I find.
Since I don't know the story behind any of them, there could have been murderers living there, wife beaters, who knows, it's only speculation on my part but if the walls of houses I find could talk they would tell me a story, each story unique in it's own way filled with different people from different eras.
This house is very rundown with the front door standing wide open suggesting that homeless have stayed there.