The Bulletin file photoCompass Commercial Real Estate Services in Bend has the former Mount Bachelor Academy property northeast of Prineville, seen here in this file photo, listed for sale.

The former Mount Bachelor Academy, a boarding school in Crook County that closed in 2009 following 51 students’ allegations of mistreatment, is for sale.

The asking price for the 53-acre property 27 miles northeast of Prineville is $1.5 million, according to Compass Commercial Real Estate Services, which listed the property for sale.

“We have had some interest, but I’m not able to say who from,” said Jay Lyons, a Compass broker. “Obviously, it’s a unique property that requires a unique user — a camp or school or religious group — but it is a unique opportunity.”

The property includes a campus of dormitories, classrooms, lodges, a kitchen, a six-bedroom home and a recently constructed gymnasium, Lyons said. The kitchen appliances have been removed, although built-in features, like a walk-in cooler, remain. An aerial photograph of the property shows at least 12 cabins.

The property also includes a 35,000-gallon cistern and a 180,000-gallon on-site water-treatment facility. The buildings are mostly wood frame, except for the steel-frame gym, he said.

“They are in pretty good shape, given that they haven’t been occupied in a while,” he said Friday. “A former employee lives there, and his full-time job is maintaining the property. He’s doing an excellent job keeping everything in as good a shape as it can be.”

Three lawsuits filed against the academy owner, Aspen Educational Group Inc., of Cupertino, California, and two other defendants, CRC Health Group and CRC Health Oregon, were settled in fall 2014, according to The Bulletin archives. The suits originally sought more than $48 million on behalf of the students, but whether the plaintiffs received any compensation was not disclosed publicly due to confidentiality agreements.

The Oregon Department of Human Services in 2009 found credible allegations of abuse at the school, including sexualized role-playing, sleep deprivation and strenuous work projects undertaken by students alone in bad weather, according to The Bulletin archives.

The academy property is zoned Forest Recreation 10, meaning uses are limited to low-density rural and residential home sites and other uses like campgrounds and schools.

The property consists of two lots, the larger nearly 30 acres and the site of the academy campus. The second is nearly 24 acres on which a rope course for the academy is located, Lyons said. Between the two academy lots is a third lot of 6½ acres that belongs to Dreamwood LLC, a Milwaukie corporation, according to Crook County property records.

The handful of privately held lots adjacent to the former academy are surrounded by the Ochoco National Forest.

“The views are great; you feel like you’re in the middle of a forest,” Lyons said. “It’s an exciting opportunity for someone that can utilize the property and work within the zoning that’s in place out there.”

— Reporter: 541-617-7815, jditzler@bendbulletin.com