ABANDONED Stonewall Jackson school dating back to 1909

[@zcx805]

Good stuff Rob. Keep it up. 👍

[@relicman]

Thanks so much Mitch!

[@sabmaster68]

That's not a military school, that's Stonewall Jackson Training School/Reform School. I know I was a student there in 1984 cottage 9.

[@relicman]

Oh Okay I got you. Thanks for the correction. I just thought Military since he was a huge part of our Military history.

[@sabmaster68]

@@relicman it was given that name because of the women's group Daughters of the Confederacy, and Kings Daughters of NC, there was also a women's Christian group involved, they promised to name the place after a confederate general to get NC legislation to pass it. The Daughters cottage was named for the women who made it possible, it's the only cottage with a name, the others have a number. I worked in the Daughter's Cottage every day after school for an hour cleaning up.

[@relicman]

@@sabmaster68 I've heard some Dark things may've went on there. Did you ever see or hear anything bad happening there?

[@russellsmith2830]

@@relicman Beatings and rapes were daily occurrences. I chronicle much of that in my book "Raped in Prison: A Horror Story"--Russell Dan Smith

[@relicman]

@@russellsmith2830 Oh wow, thanks so much for sharing that. I'll look for it. I have a lot of books on North Carolina history and history in general.

[@LauraWho1972]

The large bldg at the end was the administration bldg & school.