Atlanta Prison Farm
Posted by kc on Jul 17th, 2007
There’s an abandoned prison farm in SE Atlanta, hidden in the woods and completely covered by kudzu. I set out with a group of explorers I met on the Interwebs to find it. This was my first time at this location. It’s amazing!
According to Atlanta’s “History of the Dept of Corrections” page, the prison farm was operated from 1945 to 1995.
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August 27th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
I had seen the sign for this place years ago on Moreland Ave but assumed that it was an active facility. Somehow I stumbled upon your site. So I went down there last sunday and checked it out for my own self. Very cool place! Thanks for the tip. Where next? Hmmmmmmm…..
October 28th, 2008 at 4:23 am
dj,
When you went to the defunct Atlanta prison farm did you happen to see the burial site of an elephant named Maude? Thanks.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
The Atlanta Prison Farm caught fire today. No reports yet of how extensive yet – should be out tomorrow. I’m betting they let it burn completely, as the report said they were fighting it “defensively” and letting it burn itself out. They said it “wasn’t worth” letting any firefighters get injured over. Probably homeless people trying to stay warm.
I’m glad you have these photos to preserve it. Good call, great work.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Its still there, that place was always boring though. The fire only took out the top half it loks pretty cool.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
so is this place still there, or did it burn down completely?
August 9th, 2010 at 10:22 am
I can tell you about the prison between 1950and 1956 – Ed was the Asst. Supt. at that time and I worked in the prison as Acct./Sect. In retrospect it was an awsome operation and probably would be invaluable to all concerned if adapted to 2010 Atlanta
August 9th, 2010 at 10:40 am
I could not believe the photos of the prison – kudsu in one 1) year is amazing x 15,scarey! Anyone interested out there I can relate a fairly comprehensive day to day operation of the prison and yes the elephant was buried there and the city then collected pennies for a baby elephant they named “Pennie”. More?
April 19th, 2011 at 1:40 am
Thank you, Mrs. Brannen. Do you know if any other zoo animals were buried there? It is amazing to see the place covered with kudzu. It looks like “The World Without People” movie. I had lunch there, as a guest, on a few weekends in the sixties. It was home to some people that had no other home.
April 19th, 2011 at 1:44 am
Mrs. Brannen you mentioned that the prison farm was an aweome operation. At that time I did not know about actual operation/production and I would be interested when you have available time.
June 30th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Willie B is buried there adjacent to Maud the elephant.
At one time the prisoners grew all their own food, had cows and hogs .