This photo shows how the Samuel D. Hanson School in Buxton looked in 2011.
Marc Beaulieu of Dearborn Construction prepares a braided steel cable to use in the demolition of the Samuel D. Hanson School in Buxton Thursday. The building, which Maine Preservation had identified as an endangered historic property, is being demolished this week after the school district approved a motion to do so.
Old school posters are seen in heaps of scrap as the Hanson School is torn down.
Chairs and other furniture can be seen in the rubble as Dearborn Construction demolished the former Hanson School.
Old school desks and chairs turned can be seen in the rubble of what was once the school gymnasium.
A chair sits in a partially demolished second floor of the Samuel D. Hanson School in Buxton.
The building had been identified by Maine Preservation as an endangered historic property but the school district voted to tear it down.
Beaulieu prepares a braided steel cable to use in the demolition of the Samuel D. Hanson School in Buxton.
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