My Summer with Loudoun Schools: Sterling Community Center Annex

Sterling Annex - 2019

[Update August 2023: This school has now been demolished. Check out Sterling Annex DEMO DAY 1]

Back in Sterling for a fun-filled trip to the slowly decaying Sterling Community Center Annex! Not much has changed this year. The boards covering the windows have aged and faded. The grass still has evidence of being mown periodically.

Sterling Annex Front Door

The front column that fell off last year is gone. Hopefully, it's inside the building, rather than stolen. Both boards covering the front doors are new, but one is painted white for some reason.

Flooded stairs to the basement

The stairs to the basement continue to be flooded.

One side of the backside

The other side of the backside

My favorite door

My favorite door still looks the same.

Opening to the roof above a side door. Look at that wood!

Over at the identical door on the other side, there is an opening to the roof.

Baseball field shot

Time out, I haven't written about the baseball field ever! It has been overtaken by grass. There are no bases to be found anywhere. Beyond center field, the far corner was converted to a gravel parking lot area sometime between 2016-17.

All in all, it's a very similar experience with last year's report. Belfort opened their new showroom last November, with no announcements on future use of the Sterling property.

I did discover a group called Save Old Sterling that is involved in the preservation of the original Sterling area. While its focus might be on older structures, if you are interested in preserving the Sterling area in general, this would be a great place to start.

That's all I got this year folks.