Camp Sussex - The Mess Hall

Roving around Camp Sussex, one will eventually enter the mess hall.  This building is still pretty well stocked with brightly colored dishware even though the rest of the shelves are barren.  In the dining room of the mess hall, nature has started to retake the grounds, as broken glass litters the floor.

Camp Sussex - The Theater Building

Camp Sussex was founded in the 1920's and offered a variety of enrichment to the youths that attended over the decades.  The theater building was fully equipped with a sound booth, stage lights, and costume room.  Now it entertains audiences of insects and hopeful explorers.

Camp Sussex - The Recreation Building

Camp Sussex was a Jewish sponsored camp for city children that allowed them to come up to the country and experience team building and a different way of life.  Located by a lake, it features the standard boys' and girls' bunks, dining hall/kitchen, shower and bathroom combo, infirmary, administration office, theater for stage productions, arts and crafts/recreation building, and an indoor gymnasium.  The camp closed for the season in 2006 and never re-opened, due to lack of funding.  It now sits vacant, slowly rotting back into the very hills that teamed with happy, beaming campers.  I've been photographing Camp Sussex for about a year now, documenting the slow process of decay and vandalism.  Every trip out there brings something new to see.