I never new Will was such a talented artist

The Rauland intercom speaker/system dates back to 1956. I researched this after getting the name and model # off a vintage radio/speaker website. Very cool! The telephone looks mid 80's. I love your random videos Dan. These places are just time capsules lost in time. Great footage! Kinda haunting that you wanna hear how the school was when it was in use and full of students and employees.

CHS Class of 1984! Go Bulldogs!!! Converted to a middle school the year after I graduated and stayed open for another 20 years. And you're right- there are people out here with good memories of Central!

Now this school is something out of Silent Hill with the paint peeling off and the keys, half way expect to hear the sirens going off and the walls shredding apart.

Fun fact: The principal of this school when I was there was a large lady who ate fried chicken every single day for lunch, despite her several heart attacks. It blew our minds as kids to watch her do it.

Central High School was built in 1932 and then an addition was added in 1935. The school was in service until 1984. Central High School was added to the National Register Of Historic Places of VA in 2011 where it was also designated as a landmark of VA.

Glad you went to the ESVA to film this! Really awesome, thank you. I was born and raised here. This school shut down for good right as I was going into high school.

Great video. I went to that school, just outside of Painter VA. A lot of memories.

This building was converted to a Middle School in 1984, and closed permanently in 2005.

And this still looks better than the high school I attended.

Wow, I was a part of the last graduating class in 1984. Talk about a trip down memory lane. Thanks so much!

You could have walked the red carpet to accept your award on stage for the"" Film It"" channel Dan!!

I would so buy a row of those theater seats to have in my house. Very cool-looking.

These are so interesting to see the structure still holding. There's an abandoned school in Richfield, Ohio - Richfield Elementary School! You should check it out dan

I cant believe this! I just passed the school on a road trip and did some research. Cant believe my favorite youtuber was inside!

Noticed in this video that you passed by at least one fire extinguisher. Do you ever think to check for an inspection tag? It might have a date which would tell (approximately) when the building was last occupied. Something to think about in future roamings.

It was pretty cool seeing the teachers name on the PA system

No graffiti or obvious vandalism yay!!!

Love this video! Reminds me of the gradeschool where i went in Oregon, which was also my 93 year old grandmas highschool. Next year my son will attend and be the 4th generation to go there!

OMG, so much cool stuff here! Hopefully they will maintain this place somewhat. The building itself looks pretty solid still. My school had those same AT&T phones, and the PA system looks nearly identical to one I had years ago. Mine was made by Bryce Sound and Engineering though. It always amazes me how many layers of paint are on these old buildings. I tend to look for the original colors whenever I see a video like this, because I try to picture how it looked when new.

So nice to see a place without the usual retarded graffiti and vandalism.

Great video! I didn't want it to end....very interesting.

truly beautiful shots in this place. I love the windows and the scenery. amazing.

So much cool vintage stuff that was left there. I'm so happy that no one has touched it and I hope no one will and if they do it goes into the right hands who can appreciate the technology of that timeframe of life on this Earth.

At 4:28 Will looks like a caretaker when he went up the stairs with his coloured keys on his trousers. I really love your videos Dan Bell! Best greetings to you and Will from Germany!

I'd love to see inside my old Middle school, its was abandoned at least 20 years ago. Its very old and is big like this school. A really rich lady bought it and uses it for storage, I wish shed let me take a look inside. I lived right beside it as a kid and would walk up are hill to get to it . My mother still lives in are old home so I see it all the time. My grandfather was a teacher there when my mom was a kid. I'd just love to walk through it one more time.

Wow what a beautiful building :) Awesome video :)

Cool! Will's a great addition to you vids and compliments you well - you can keep him appearing in your vids!

Very Silent Hill with the paint peeling off the walls. Loved the video!

A guy from our area here a while back purchased a old school. It was very small but it housed all grades from kindergarten to high school. But way back when the classes were a lot smaller than they are now. Granted not everyone grew jointed cuz some of them had to go to the farm and start working or stay home and help Mom take care of the little ones. But my point being he bought this amazing building gorgeous it was in need of a lot of repair a lot of TLC. But he's in the process of turning it into Apartments. I think one of the best things anyone could do. Just like all those abandoned malls and shopping centers turn them into Apartments. They're not going to waste. By the way that's stage area looked exactly like the one and the school in the school hear that the man purchased. Maybe that was how they were all built back then they all look the same Maybe

This would be great on your main Channel... I was immediately surprised by the lack of graffiti.

😊 awesome video dan! Would love to see this in even more detail or something similar

Such a huge fan of your work Dan. Keep it up :)

Really late to the comment party...but I've actually been to this place! At least outside of it. We were on a bike trip from the southern tip of the Eastern Shore up to Chicoteague and back, and we stopped here for a break at some point. This would have been like 1995 or 1996 though. I remember it from the fallout shelter sign, amazing it is all still there.

What school would have a Urinal right beside a sink?

awesome video once again dan..=) thanks again for sharing

In 2005, the school closed. In 2008, Tucker Robbins, a furniture designer from New York City, purchased the entire property for $150,000 with a vision to rehabilitate the school into a new home for his NYC based furniture manufacturing business, as well as an environmental-educational facility. Read about Tucker Robbins’ plan on his website. Unfortunately, his vision was not realized; and in 2015, he offered up the school for sale for $525,000. (Source: DelMarVANOW and Eastern Shore Post.) Fortunately, while he owned the building, Robbins did hire a consultant to nominate the school to the National Register of Historic Places (listed 2010). Currently the property is listed for $350,000. Bonus: the asbestos abatement is completed inside the school building. Check the real estate for interior photographs.

I really enjoyed this video. It reminded me of my school days.

This is so cool. Would love to walk through something like this. Like walking through a time in your life.

"There has to be people who have good memories here as student." He said, in a high school.

I use to go to this school shorty after moving up this school was closed down...its wow to see much haven't changed lol....Mr Mears AKA Deerfoot (history teacher)once told our class that he was sooo fast that he had shot his gun chased down the bullet and placed the deer in front of the shot 😃 ....the Bulldogs memories

Wow, it's in really decent condition for its age; reminds me of the high school I went to, has a lot of the same things. This school could possibly be renovated and used again. But, there's probably not that many kids around to attend it, or use it as a hospital; or something along those lines.

Love the font used on the number of the school bell clock face!

Hi Will!!! :D Hey - I remember those shelter signs in basements of certain apartment buildings and in my school - I live in NY. WE used to line up in the halls in grade school then we'd all sit in rows against the hallway walls - I guess away from the windows in our classroom. That was our drill we did...sat in the hall & waited to blow up, but at least we'd not be hit by shards from the classroom windows?!! hehe

The curtains on the stage in the theatre are in better condition than the curtains that were in my elementary school when I attended it, which they are still using today, 20 years later.

dammn dan! uploading videos from left to right! love it! Every time you upload a video I know that you are still alive! lol love your channel! come to Sioux City IowA we have many tunnels!

Wow, we have been going by this school every year since 2005 on the way to the Outer Banks and now I know what it looks like inside haha thanks :)

I pass by this school every day could you do an updated version to see if anything has changed

Awesome video as always but you didn't show the fall out shelter.

This makes me think of a film set for all those teen movies/horrors. I love it x

The auditorium looks great!

Odd how paint,floors and ceilings are unaffected in some areas and weathered in others.Did you ever find out what year the school opened/closed?

Man that is a very small school. i was surprised it did not have lockers. i bet it became part of a bigger school and thats why it was closed down. amazing find. it was not vandalized much at all.

One of the coolest videos you've ever done, Dan. In MY opinion anyway. :)

I just love me some Dan Bell

Such beautiful land this school was located on............

It looks bigger on the outside then in the inside. I graduated from a Virginia high school 20 years ago and visited my high school in 2014 for it's 50th anniversary. The school was renovated several years ago. It is bigger than this one.

great building! it's wonderful to see that they obviously do love this old building, evident by the lack of human destruction ....graffitti, busted urinals...etc. i really love it. its a lot like my jr. high in albuquerque nm . same auditorium seats and water fountains, windows...its amazing, and still in use. jefferson mid school. i think it was built in the early 20'a. anyways, thanks for the memories! good vid....

You should've gone backstage

Very intersting building.

Bet if you just closed your eyes & stood there, you could hear the echoes of all yesteryears kids in those halls & classrooms. The in between classes hub bub in the hallways. The assemblies & P.T. classes in the gym. Teachers trying to quiet the chaos of kids returning to class from recess. Like Dan said, "Lots if good memories"...

i like your videos thay are so awesome

#DeadSchoolSeries coming right up!!!

Thats an amazing place I hope whoever buys it restores it

My elementary school still has those seats, at least the last pictures I saw did, thin and wooden.

hey love your videos never been early before :D

Great video, schools should never be abandoned buildings, scariest part of the building.........the office, always going to the office is scary jejeje. Love "office" sign it looks so old.

I pass by there almost every day ☺️ my best friend lives on the road that cuts off from the highway near the school

Been driving by that school for 30 years going to the OBX! Been abandoned for 15+ years now I'd say.

It was actually a middle school when it closed in 2005 because they built a new middle school it closed due to being unsafe it has asbestos in the walls and celling

so this was published in march but when was it shot? recently?

I loved that!

Dan, how old was the school? It looks 1980ish

I've passed it a few times. Driving through the peninsula is so depressing - nothing but abandoned buildings and emptiness for miles and miles, and just a few towns every now and then. The only reason there is any traffic is because people use it as a shortcut and cross the Chesapeake to get somewhere else lol

Any info on when this place closed?

Fun fact: The room with the sink in it wasn't the Home Ec. room when I was there. Home Ec. was taught in one of the out buildings behind the school, near the football field.

I heard someone mention "library" but you didn't show it.

whenever the paint is peeling or chipping it reminds me of the movie silent hill

hmmm how did you make it inside????

Cool School

the picture he drew did draw those same faces in the other buildings too? i think it's third time I have seen it

is it bad I think of Pink Floyd- Another Brick in the Wall ....or is it just me lol

This is Dan Bell I really appreciate and love your channel. But there is one thing that happens in your videos that bugs the crap out of me lol. There's been a few videos where I really get into them and It's seems like right in the middle of the show, suddenly it's all done and the videos over. Alot of your videos you usually say when the exploration is done and you're leaving, but like I said, some It's seems like the video gets cut and I'm stuck wondering what happened lol !! It's doesn't happen with all your videos, only some. Is it something to do with editing? Still though, I really enjoy your channel and love all the videos. Great job.

Hey Dan that school is just up the road from where i live i live in Northamtion county lower Easternshore built in 1932 closed in early too mid 90s i belive, not real sure and it was cool to see something from the shore

Turn of the century building, mid century wall paneling, late 80s/early 90s office equipment, shiny new camera.

This place is pretty cool

My old highschool was biult in 1934, it has been fixed up but still looks very old fashioned. Just becuase it has old windows and stuff, doesnt mean it was actually abandoned in that era. In another video of an urban explorer i saw very modern looking coke vending machines on one of the floors that looked from 1997/2000, strange, i thought it was very odd here was this place with peeling and decaying, and it has brand new looking vending machines in it🤔 Maybe they are storing them? lol, Hope u check that out more. The other urban exploror just passed them like it was nothing😡, and btw, in highschool we had alot of these old wooden seats, even in elementary in 2000.

my aunt annie Teresa Richardson Tourney ( god rest her soul) went to this school :-*

Wow...that place must have been abandoned for a while.....I haven't seen theater chairs like that since i was a little kid back in the 60's

This is right down the road from my house

good as always i kinda wanted to see that fallout shelter

Every time you said "old-school" I was just like: Ha.

I drive by this everyday

Should have checked out the principal's office behind the counter & off to the side.

You know, all that flaking paint could be lead paint... Which is why you guys should be wearing masks!

By the way, those stage curtains can be worth a small fortune and should be salvaged

We have an abandoned school in my town of van buren Maine

Lead paint, Asbestos tile, but still cool

Why did this school close

Headphones are recommended if you're listening to the EVPs (ghosts' audibly captured in the video's audio) "I'm Belle Marellie!!" at 1:15. Another faint voice is captured at 1:17. I believe she's saying "Addie Arpo." It sounds like the spirits of two young girls introducing themselves. Dan picks up the phone in the office and says that there's no dial tone, and a male voice says "Dial tone" at 4:08-4:09. It's real clear. You don't need headphones even to hear it. Someone is saying something very faintly at 4:33 as they're climbing the stairs. It's like someone is shouting far away. Maybe that's all it is and the mic is picking it up. I wonder why there are spirits in an old abandoned school? Well it's not as haunted as the School of the Undead, but it'll do. Thanx for the tour.