Deserted, Abandoned or Dilapidated...

[slowride]

I had an idea for an "old building" thread when riding out west a couple of weeks ago.

Please post up your best images of Deserted, Abandoned or Dilapidated buildings.

I start it off with these...


http://micahwright.smugmug.com/photos/576835207_NFHW3-L.jpg


http://micahwright.smugmug.com/photos/576841889_P27BT-L.jpg


http://micahwright.smugmug.com/photos/577911304_dv6us-L.jpg

[Tim Kreitz]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/TimKreitz/roadtrips/05zx7rattheoldchurch3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/TimKreitz/roadtrips/sheffride0309-022.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/TimKreitz/roadtrips/ride030109-001.jpg

[rad3766]

North central Minnesota, from last years 'Go to He**' tour.

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/rad3766/100_1581.jpg

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/rad3766/100_1576.jpg

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/rad3766/100_1572.jpg

http://jasonjonas.org/spot/tripViewer.do?id=300

[connick]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/sckego/Big%20Bend%2011-08/02585f6c.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/sckego/Big%20Bend%2011-08/81d52218.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/sckego/Big%20Bend%2011-08/dd485254.jpg

[ed29]

The old school in Whiteflat TX. No town there anymore.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/ghost%20towns/DSC00217.jpg

Once was a home.... now a field with chimneys....

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/DS%20days/IMG_1088.jpg

Could not tell if this was being fixed up, or still falling in. Several spots were fixed, but as a whole it was crumbling.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/June%20trip/IMG_0889.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/June%20trip/IMG_0891.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/June%20trip/IMG_0893.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/June%20trip/IMG_0892.jpg

[Jerry]

From Ruidosa Texas:

http://papawheelie.smugmug.com/photos/484845036_sNGSG-L.jpg


http://papawheelie.smugmug.com/photos/484196489_b9QEe-L.jpg

[Desert Skies]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Rust/Img_0856.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Rust/Img_0862.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/BGig%20Bend%2012-06/157_5727.jpg

[ed29]

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/River%20Road/img007.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/Uncles2009/DSC00806.jpg

and of course....

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/edhegarty/2008%20rats/DSC00458.jpg

[slowride]

I love these pictures, It's exciting to see other riders who appreciate and have an eye for these old structures....

Thanks for posting and please keep them coming.

[Desert Skies]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Spring%2005/118_1815.jpg

[JimNtexas]

I'm going to have to review my copy of 'Dancer Texas', I think that 'Oasis' gas station may have been in that movie.

This looks like fun, I will definitely be contributing soon.

[Desert Skies]

I'm going to have to review my copy of 'Dancer Texas', I think that 'Oasis' gas station may have been in that move.

This looks like fun, I will definitely be contributing soon.

Good eye, Here ya go (http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasMovies/OasisGasStation/OasisGasStation.htm).

[Desert Skies]

And here's another...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Big%20Bend%2002-05/113_1342_800.jpg

Contrabando Movie Set (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGdDPBN0H80)

.

[JimNtexas]

Good eye, Here ya go (http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasMovies/OasisGasStation/OasisGasStation.htm).

Thanks, 'Dancer Texas Population 81' is a terrific movie, filmed in and around Fort Davis. No robots, no torture, no murders, no naked ladies (ok, you can't have everything). Just a really fun look at life in a small Texas town.

[liltxfreebird]

And here's another...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Big%20Bend%2002-05/113_1342_800.jpg

Contrabando Movie Set (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGdDPBN0H80)

.

:clap::clap::clap: I love that one!!

[Tracker]

Spanish Fort
http://photos.leavelles.net/photos/545882654_gBURu-L.jpg

Folsom, NM
http://photos.leavelles.net/photos/491315632_b4Qx3-L.jpg

http://photos.leavelles.net/photos/491315446_mVwda-L.jpg

http://photos.leavelles.net/photos/498636187_UZY8C-L.jpg

[RonM]

See here's the problem, I have an old 54 chevy I am going to restore so I need the parts, and I'm just itching to see if the old dozer can be brought to life again.
I really appreciate everyone who takes these pics and posts them, I hope to be able to see the scenes in person someday.
Any abandoned buiilding makes me sad. They represent someones dreams. They put their blood and sweat in it. Did they stay and die there, are they buried somewhere, maybe in an unmarked grave? Did they give it up and leave? Were they able to get past it or did they die in their spirit when their dream died? Were they able to rise up and try again?

Or maybe it's just an old building............................

[JimNtexas]

Normana Texas (near Beeville):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/331516203_6abcc8e684_b.jpg

Old Austin Raceway Park:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2034/2179115231_65bbb2299f_b.jpg

[Tracker]

See here's the problem, I have an old 54 chevy I am going to restore so I need the parts, and I'm just itching to see if the old dozer can be brought to life again.
I really appreciate everyone who takes these pics and posts them, I hope to be able to see the scenes in person someday.
Any abandoned buiilding makes me sad. They represent someones dreams. They put their blood and sweat in it. Did they stay and die there, are they buried somewhere, maybe in an unmarked grave? Did they give it up and leave? Were they able to get past it or did they die in their spirit when their dream died? Were they able to rise up and try again?

Or maybe it's just an old building............................
+1
Most all those places in Texas were in their heyday in the 50's before the Interstates. Sometimes I try to imagine what it was like the first day the store owner opened the door for business--all those hopes and dreams.

[SRADkneedragger]

Central Texas, near Sierra Blanca,

[M38A1]

Old Austin Raceway Park:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2034/2179115231_65bbb2299f_b.jpg

Is that up Burnet Rd. 1325 just past Shoreline church on the right side? If so, what's the story behind it? I remember in highschool we used to go there and drag race/drink etc.

[SRADkneedragger]

House my Mother in Law lived in as a child Brady Texas
Downtown Sheffield Texas
Dairy near Bells Texas

[SRADkneedragger]

Sterling City and Hitchcock Texas at the Racetrack. Coincidentally the ONLY photo I ever got published. We were loaded up and leaving the track and I thought "Wow thats gonna make a great pic!"
SRAD
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/ns50r/Vacation09/stonehenge.jpg

[Desert Skies]

Sterling City and Hitchcock Texas at the Racetrack. Coincidentally the ONLY photo I ever got published. We were loaded up and leaving the track and I thought "Wow thats gonna make a great pic!"
SRAD
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/ns50r/Vacation09/stonehenge.jpg

Cool! :thumb:

I ride by the Blimp Base every day to and from work.

[Desert Skies]

This one no longer looks like this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/112_1280_800.jpg

[Tim Kreitz]

I was gonna put this in my post above, but wasn't sure. I don't suppose dilapidated boats count:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/TimKreitz/corpuschristitrip/oldscarygroovyboat.jpg

[Janet]

A few I posted on another thread...

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff32/jbee101/Bike%20trips/DSC00446.jpg


http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff32/jbee101/Bike%20trips/DSC00450.jpg

[JimNtexas]

I was gonna put this in my post above, but wasn't sure. I don't suppose dilapidated boats count:

...

I think they DO count:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1279/531000660_44d6cb222e_b.jpg

[gotdurt]

Sterling City and Hitchcock Texas at the Racetrack. Coincidentally the ONLY photo I ever got published. We were loaded up and leaving the track and I thought "Wow thats gonna make a great pic!"
SRAD
Where is that last shot (the house and car)?

[SRADkneedragger]

Where is that last shot (the house and car)?

If your leaving Sterling City headed to Garden City/Midland just as you leave town look left and you can barely see the roof of the House.
At one time I intended to publish a calender and name it Texas Treasures and each month would have a pic of an old abandoned car and it location, it just never happened.
SRAD

[gotdurt]

If your leaving Sterling City headed to Garden City/Midland just as you leave town look left and you can barely see the roof of the House.
At one time I intended to publish a calender and name it Texas Treasures and each month would have a pic of an old abandoned car and it location, it just never happened.
SRAD

I'm considering doing the same. I have a few on my websites: www.clfrycreative.com and rides.clfrycreative.com (http://rides.clfrycreative.com), and lots more than that sitting on my hard drives... I'm addicted to to old decaying stuff, particulary buildings and cars.

[Desert Skies]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Big%20Bend%2012-05/Img_0929_800.jpg

[M2]

Wow, I guess I am not the only one infatuated with these old structures!

Unfortunately, the majority of time I take pics is when I am in my little Toyota ("Sprocket"). Only yesterday I took these...


http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/th_IMG_1549.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/?action=view&current=IMG_1549.jpg) http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/th_IMG_1551.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/?action=view&current=IMG_1551.jpg)

And here are a few previous ones...

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/th_IMG_0058.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/?action=view&current=IMG_0058.jpg) http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/th_IMG_0059.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/?action=view&current=IMG_0059.jpg) http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/th_RioMedinaHomestead1.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/?action=view&current=RioMedinaHomestead1.jpg) http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/th_RioMedinaHomestead17.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/?action=view&current=RioMedinaHomestead17.jpg) http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/th_RioMedinaHomestead2.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/?action=view&current=RioMedinaHomestead2.jpg)

I am really drawn to the history of these abandoned structures, and like to think what they might have been like in their heyday!

Cheers! M2

[kurt]

The Chicken Ranch - just outside La Grange

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/kurt1305/Chicken%20Ranch/IMG_1084.jpg

[FJRSTAR]

Some I came up with.

[JimNtexas]

Desert Skies's two bikes in front of an old adobe buidling :thumb:

Worthy of the ADV entry page collection!

[Desert Skies]

:thumb:

Worthy of the ADV entry page collection!

Yabutt, they don't pay much attention to me over there, My post/day ratio is way too low. :lol2:

Thanks anyway...:mrgreen:

I did however make post #1 on one of Baldy's threads. Look if you dare. (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3051733&postcount=1) :uhoh:

[Tracker]

Yabutt, they don't pay much attention to me over there, My post/day ratio is way too low. :lol2:

Thanks anyway...:mrgreen:

I did however make post #1 on one of Baldy's threads. Look if you dare. (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3051733&postcount=1) :uhoh:
so...what's your secret on keeping your visor from fogging up??? :-P

[Desert Skies]

so...what's your secret on keeping your visor from fogging up??? :-P

Polish it with beer. :mrgreen:

[DallasDon]

Here's an interesting old one lane bridge that was one of the first to be built over the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma. I stumbled upon it by accident when exploring a new backway from Dallas to Durant OK.

[Desert Skies]

And here's another over the Guadalupe.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/GS%20Junk/IMG_7502_1023.jpg

[JimNtexas]

I can vaguely remember this dealer in Waelder Texas being open, probably between 1958-1960.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3684228787_3bd5ff2a90_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimntexas/3684228787/sizes/l/)

[jimbo]

Brownwood, Tx. This is Deckers garage. It was my Dads first job (thats him in the pic). He was 14 at the time, I believe that would be 1941-42. He worked there with his Dad (who died before I was born). I like the old buildings but to find one that you have a connection to is real cool.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/friends%20and%20family/0329081303.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/friends%20and%20family/0329081304a.jpg

[pacman]

South of Weatherford at the FM51/Highway 171 split.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/wstecker/Bikes%20and%20Rides/PC180021enhanced.jpg

[jimbo]

here is one of an old airport tower

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/hanger%2025/DSC02768.jpg

[slowride]

This was taken between Moab, UT and Grand Junction, CO

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3104/moababandend.jpg

[Jerry]

Retired courthouse in Sherwood, Irion County

http://papawheelie.smugmug.com/photos/480951595_Ajbf5-M.jpg

There is no actual clock in the tower. The hands are simply painted on a clock face. The time is supposed to reflect the moment of President Lincoln's death.

[stingray]

Here's an interesting old one lane bridge that was one of the first to be built over the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma. I stumbled upon it by accident when exploring a new backway from Dallas to Durant OK.


This one brings back some memories. I spent a few years in Denison, there used to be an old farmer that lived just across that bridge that would sell beer out of his barn after hours. Of course it was 3.2 beer, but better than nothing with you ran out after 2am....

[FJRSTAR]

Off FM 1095 in Matagorda County

[FJRSTAR]

This critter was crossing FM 1095...

[Sully]

I went and finished off Rusk County today, and after missing a turn, I came upon this. It appears to be an old school, but I couldn't get closer (private land). I'm going to try some sleuthing at the East TX Historical Assn here at SFASU to see if I can find a name.

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/624425736_HYN9f-L.jpg

[FJRSTAR]

This place seems to be never open anymore.

It's at the corner of FM 521 and FM 1095 at the turn off to Collegeport.

Seems abandoned but the lights are timed on and off. Or maybe it's haunted...

Maybe I just pass by it when they ain't open for biz.

[Sully]

I found this a few weeks ago. There's something spooky about old buildings sometimes, and old churches in particular:

Abandoned church, Vistula, TX. Vistula is (was) a small community in southwest Houston Co., see link here:http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/VV/hvv20.html. Note cow at extreme right.

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/592456214_ABdAq-L.jpg

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/592456736_MZrkr-L.jpg


By the way, if you havent found it already, The Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/), maintained by the Texas State Historical Assn, is an outstanding resource for finding info on towns that have passed into our history.

[FJRSTAR]

Sure seems weird that people would leave ceiling fans, clock, piano, lighting fixtures and other furniture there.

I wonder if the people died off that owned that church and no one else took it over.

You are correct about The Handbook of Texas Online.

[FJRSTAR]

I rode through El Maton on FM 495 yesterday but did not see a sign for it.

There was a school there that looked rarely used. It was called Tidehaven ISD.

Apparently the community was Tres Palacios way back when.

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/EE/hre21.html

[JimNtexas]

Abandoned hanger at the Mexico Missouri airport:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3797161634_6fbea5fab7_b.jpg

Old Drive In movie marque, near Tyler Texas:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2459/3794133382_27f282d766_b.jpg

[FJRSTAR]

Speaking of Mexico, Missouri, my father's grandfather's family live there and supposedly own some acreage there so I was told a long time ago.

[FJRSTAR]

A really nice beach house in Galveston on the west end that was damaged and maybe abandoned (for now anyway) by Ike last September.

Back in 1985 when I lived and worked in Galveston for Moore Climatic Inc., I installed the ductwork and the inside upflow electric furnaces/AC units.

At the time, this beach house was one of the finest you could buy in that area.

[NX2000]

The last time I remember Tin Top being open was when I worked for the sheriff's office there. That would have been between 86 and 92.


This place seems to be never open anymore.

It's at the corner of FM 521 and FM 1095 at the turn off to Collegeport.

Seems abandoned but the lights are timed on and off. Or maybe it's haunted...

Maybe I just pass by it when they ain't open for biz.

[bluedogok]

A really nice beach house in Galveston on the west end that was damaged and maybe abandoned (for now anyway) by Ike last September.

Back in 1985 when I lived and worked in Galveston for Moore Climatic Inc., I installed the ductwork and the inside upflow electric furnaces/AC units.

At the time, this beach house was one of the finest you could buy in that area.
I still don't understand why people continue to build with wood on the coasts, I have seen plenty of of this year with a few trips to Galveston and Port Aransas :headbang:

For those that get north of the Red River there is now a website that has photos from similar places called Abandoned Oklahoma (http://www.abandonedok.com/).

[RASZ]

http://rasz.smugmug.com/photos/616713182_EWkaZ-S.jpg

[RASZ]

http://rasz.smugmug.com/photos/616711373_FFrvA-S.jpg

[Desert Skies]

A bump to the top from a little Big Bend trip over Labor Day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Big%20Bend%2009-09/IMG_0361_800.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Big%20Bend%2009-09/IMG_0367_800.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Big%20Bend%2009-09/IMG_0368_800.jpg

[JimNtexas]

[QUOTE=Desert Skies;657776]A bump to the top from a little Big Bend trip over Labor Day.

Wow, you don't see many old rail stations still standing. Usually the railroads sold the buildings or just tore them down.

Great find!

[Desert Skies]

Cool thing was, this guy shows up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/DesertSkies/Big%20Bend%2009-09/IMG_0369_800.jpg

I joked and asked if he was waiting on a train and he says 'Yup!'. He was out dove hunting and had to go back to Austin.

Sure enough, we were up town and could see Amtrak pulling in to pick him up.

[Wes]

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3104/moababandend.jpg

I have to ask, how do you get that effect? Is it a filter or photoshop effect?

[Coolhand]

A bump to the top from a little Big Bend trip over Labor Day.

Wow what a cool looking building with the wrap-around porch and curved awnings...

[Janet]

Wow what a cool looking building with the wrap-around porch and curved awnings...

I agree. You know that was really some place back in it's day. Impressive. I bet there are a million stories from there.

[M38A1]

I have to ask, how do you get that effect? Is it a filter or photoshop effect?

Not my pic, but I'd venture a guess at a variable polarizing filter for the sky/clouds and some post-processing for the contrast and frame around the pic.

[aharbi]

Pecos, TX

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Big%20Bend%202%20April%202008/April2008BigBend434.jpg

Added another of the same

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Big%20Bend%202%20April%202008/IMG_2971.jpg

[Texason]

Pecos, TX

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Big%20Bend%202%20April%202008/April2008BigBend434.jpg

Come on people... just use a little lateral bracing. :eek2:

[rad3766]

Trail, Mn.
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/rad3766/100_1604.jpg

Saxon, Wis.
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/rad3766/100_1654.jpg

Fishs Eddy, NY
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/rad3766/100_1711.jpg

Fishs Eddy, NY
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/rad3766/100_1712.jpg

[gotdurt]

I have to ask, how do you get that effect? Is it a filter or photoshop effect?

Looks like so Photomatix tonemapping was involved, to me, with some other mods in Photoshop.

Pecos, TX

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Big%20Bend%202%20April%202008/April2008BigBend434.jpg

:lol2: I have a similar one, also from Sanderson, where Desert Skies took his...

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2009/253/3/c/Along_the_Tracks_by_clfry.jpg

[aks801]

What a great, great thread on a fascinating subject. Like so many others, when seeing abandoned homes and such I've wondered what the stories are.

[kurt]

How about an abandoned airport within spitting distance of dowtown Austin?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/kurt1305/photo2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/kurt1305/photo-1.jpg

[M2]

That's the old Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, right? Was it closed when Berstrom AFB closed and was converted into the international airport?

[kurt]

That's the old Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, right? Was it closed when Berstrom AFB closed and was converted into the international airport?


Correct. It closed in 1999 when the new airport opened. The new airport is located at the old Bergstrom Air Force Base that closed a couple of years earlier.

Old Mueller is about 1/3 of the way built out as a new mixed use development starting at I-35 and progressing eastward. They plan on using the old tower as part of a park or community center for the residents there.

[M38A1]

Funny story about Mueller. When I was travelling a lot, I flew in to Mueller on one evening and the next morning flew out of Bergstrom.

[kurt]

Funny story about Mueller. When I was travelling a lot, I flew in to Mueller on one evening and the next morning flew out of Bergstrom.


I was working the night it switched. The convoy of airport specific equipment down Airport Blvd. was impressive. They wouldn't let me ride the in the luggage carts. :lol2:

[dutchinterceptor]

Spanish Fort

Folsom, NM
http://photos.leavelles.net/photos/491315632_b4Qx3-L.jpg





Very interesting building in that little town. :thumb:

I drove past it recently on my way to Capulin Volcano but didn't stop for a shot.

[Texas T]

When I see those old wooden buildings the first thing that comes to mind is "I wonder how much salvageable old growth lumber is in there"?

[Tracker]

It was definitely worth the 10 min stop to poke around and look in the windows and such.

[M2]

I spent a couple of weekends at Bergstrom during the late 90s and went by there a few years ago hoping to see if I recognized anything. I couldn't, and I later learned that much of the base--including most buildings, trees, and structures--were completely demolished.

A few exceptions were 12AF headquarters (converted into a hotel) and the original runway, which was refurbished for commercial use.

All I could really remember was the heavy wooden furniture in the Visiting Officers Quarters...

Cheers! M2

[Tim Kreitz]

A far cry from how Mueller looked during its heyday in the 1950s:

http://www.chase-1.com/oldairport.jpg

[jimbo]

found this in downtown Ballinger, I wonder what the door was originally, it is heavy steel, maybe a vault or something.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/Photo0027.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/JimmySix/Photo0028.jpg