Opened as a college for women, it was left empty after the school moved to a new campus (the college closed in 2024). The town of Barre bought the building and demolished it in 1938, using a PWA grant to build an auditorium on the site.
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A small part of it operates as a museum today
The 10 story Art Deco tower was never fully occupied, and had been vacant since 1986. After coming into city ownership in 1983, it became a typical example of demolition by neglect. Numerous proposals to adaptively reuse the building fell through and it was declared structurally unsound in the final years of it's life. The 5 story building that was supposed to replace it is yet to materialize.
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Bham Now
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The building in the bottom right corner was demolished a few years ago
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For a while after its founding, the entire school operated out of this one building
