Exploring Abandoned Troubled Youth Facility
Channel: 313 Explorers
Date: 2021-03-15

This was Don Bosco Hall, since around the 1960s.  Founded in 1954 and ran by the United States Conference Of Bishops, the organization would aid troubled youth and families.  A pastor at St. Patrick Church, Reverend J. Finnegan, created the agency, naming it after a Priest who was canonized in 1934.  This particular building served as a residential treatment facility for children with emotional and behavior issues.  In 2009, Don Bosco Hall would open a Community Resource Center further on the west-side, utilizing the old St. Suzanne school building. They were supported for years by The Skillman Foundation and United Way, but for some reason, lost grants in 2017, forcing them to close both locations. 


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