Abandoned Cottages of the Old Sleighton School Village

In the winter of January 2017 I had ventured to the old Sleighton School Village - a place rich with a unique history.

Church in the Abandoned Sleighton School Village Pennsylvania

The school had originally started been introduced to the state of Pennsylvania as the House of Refuge in Philadelphia in 1826, founded by a group of Quakers. The school would eventually part off into separate boys and girls sections in the late 1800s/early 1900s. The House of Refuge was founded as a system to implement the idea of handling juveniles different than adults in the legal system. Initially, it was meant to provide an alternative to prisons for incarceration of juvenile delinquents, and child vagrants. However, after years of practice, it would slowly become a paternalist organization, forcing social control over not only young delinquents, but many of the city’s lower classes.