U E L - Alma College

Type: College & Outbuildings
Location:St. Thomas
Hazards: Unstable Floors
Condition: Mostly gutted out inside, but structurally intact
Equipment: Flashlights
Agents: Citizen-X, Capone, Jerry, King Pie, Smidget, Sneaker98 (2nd trip)
Status: Successful

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(Trip 1)

We would have been totally oblivious to this large gothic-style building if it wasn't for the luck of Citizen-X catching it on a historical news report. The college campus consists of the main building, a chapel, and what looked like a small office building near the main gates.

We only explored the main building since it looked the most interesting. The architecture of the college may have been amazing, but inside it was mostly gutted out. In the basement (which smelled like stale piss, dead animals, and had lots of broken beer bottles), the most interesting thing was a metal shield on the wall in remembrance of some teacher or student in what looked as though it could have been a lunchroom at one time.

Taking the ornate main stairwell up, we discovered the first floor to be much the same as the basement, although it did have some nice marble columns and plaster moldings around the main entrance. The rest of the floors were pretty well the same, mostly gutted, although some of them would have odd little rooms off in the towers filled with piles of rotting wood and such.Artifacts found inside are limited to a large bell above the main staircase, a washbasin, an easy chair, and a ripped up garbage bag.

The 4th floor was the best, as it had not only a strange thickly-reinforced door set into one of the brick walls which we couldn't open (and it was the only door left on it's hinges in the place). 4th floor also had roof access, which we used for a closer look at the main tower and some good pictures as well. All in all, great looking on the outside, but a bit disappointing on the inside for a structure of Alma's calibre.

- Capone

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