Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Abandoned Village of Johnsonville

Knock on the door this October and say "Trick or Treat" and there will be no answer. While walking through the now abandoned village of Johnsonville is East Haddam, CT you can help but think to yourself "Where is everybody?". Johnsonville was once a thriving Mill Town in the 1800's with twin mills creating powers from the villages pond. Raymond Schmitt purchased the 52 acre property in the 1960's with intention of turning it into a Victorian tourist attraction, he transported most of the building that lay on this quiet piece of land from near by communities. The horse stable was used for weddings and fundraising functions but in 1994 this all ended when Schmitt got into a dispute with the town permanently closing the village to the public.

As of October 2014 the village remains abandoned but is to be put up to bid for $800,000 which raises the question... Wouldn't it be cool to be a Mayor of your own town?















 Inside the General Store








Photos taken by Michael Parisi and Michael Ackler of Abandoned CT

6 comments:

  1. great story, great pix!! -- makes me wanna buy it!

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  3. Johnsonville is right around the corner from me.. Here's a fun fact. Johnsonville's Church and waterfall were both used in Billy Joel's music video River Of Dreams. It was shot in the area towns along the CT river!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM

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  4. Johnsonville is right around the corner from me.. Here's a fun fact. Johnsonville's Church and waterfall were both used in Billy Joel's music video River Of Dreams. It was shot in the area towns along the CT river!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM

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  5. Is it still Abandoned

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