If you ever find yourself traveling on Hwy. 45 alternate about 30 miles south of West Point, Mississippi, you have landed squarely in the burg of Brooksville, and there are two stops that you need to make. One is at Old Time Bakery, a delectable throwback of a baked goods store that is run by Mennonites. And no more than a few hundred feet from their front door, sits one of the coolest abandoned schools that I have yet seen in the state of Mississippi. The Brooksville school closed years ago, but its decaying Art Deco shell is still intact. The smooth building lines and curved glass-block walls were a charming and unexpected find. I didn't venture inside as a shadowy figure holding a 40 ounce beer quickly disappeared into the shadows. It is a now a place for the homeless, ghosts, and memories to live. I leave this as a short homage to its existence.
Yet there is still care, a relative term, as there is evidence of the lawn being mowed. What a nice find.
ReplyDeleteGood observation. Debbie W went to school there and when i asked her about it, it opened a flood of memories. She is going to look into how it can be preserved.
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