Explore An Abandoned Concrete City In Pennsylvania

Situated in the hills of Nanticoke sits an abandoned concrete city in Pennsylvania with an interesting past and questionable future. Concrete City is rumored to be the first example of tract housing and garnered its nickname from the sturdy houses built with concrete. But with some new ideas come devastating outcomes. This institutional architectural test in Pennsylvania created seemingly indestructible houses at the time, which eventually left creepy abandoned ruins in their wake.

Concrete City, also nicknamed “The Garden City of the Anthracite Region,” was created back in 1911 with the intention of providing more modern housing options for employees of a local coal mining operation.

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This collection of 20 duplex homes is made entirely of concrete, which is why many have deemed them to be indestructible.

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As one of the most incredibly fascinating ghost towns in Pennsylvania, Concrete City was designed with a new type of architecture with a pure concrete community at its center.

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These concrete homes were spread out around a central courtyard area, which comprised a pool, baseball field, and tennis courts.

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However, the problem with these all-concrete structures is that most families who moved in complained of a level of dampness that they couldn’t shake.

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In addition to the level of creepiness that these now-abandoned buildings hold, there was an accident at the community wading pool which led to a young boy’s death.

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But the real downfall of this community was the all-concrete outhouses located behind each of the homes. The property owners refused to add a sewer system to the community. Rather than coughing up the money to do so, they abandoned the project altogether in 1924.

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After efforts of demolition failed (about 100 sticks of dynamite worth), the community now sits abandoned and graffiti-strewn. The area can be highly overgrown sometimes, which just adds to the spooky factor.

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Concrete City, Pennsylvania, sits on a 60-acre parcel of land owned by the Nanticoke General Municipal Authority. It is located on private property and not open to the public at this time. As always with abandoned structures, please respect any no-trespassing signs.