15:48 Apr 18 2011
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Time to share the main building with you. Have to say this building was a lot bigger then I expected, laid out the same on each floor but the 4th, where the staff slept. 2 ½ miles of hallways and some creepy rooms can be found in this place, as the fog outside burned off.
As you can see the 4th floor has skylights. Gave the hallways a different look all together.
A tour guild that walked by me with a group tells that the wallpaper is not wallpaper at all but stamped on by hand. I never did find out the meaning of all the colors. In one hallway it went from blue, to green, yellow, then back to blue. And the rooms are different colors. The lack of flow with the color, the harsh changes was driving me nuts. Guess I was at the right place for that.
Only the Dr., nurses and staff got private baths. Of course they were for the whole floor.
From the stain on the floor- I take the nurse station was here. It was almost in the center of the hallway, near the area that was a common room.
3rd floor isolation rooms. While most of the floors had this type of rooms it seems these are more secured. I could of spent a hour taking pictures here- the light was so good. But as I had to wait 20 minutes for another person to get her shots, I did not hog the place. Only about 4 minutes and I was gone, leaving others to enjoy.
Nurses rooms- they had locks on the doors that you locked from the outside and inside.
This area was banned from us. Seems parts of the building you only see if you take the Ghost Hunting tour. But I did see a window in the doorway so…
The stairway. With the bare bulbs light, the color of paint change on each floor. God help the people who had to look at this every day.
This nice detailed door lead me into what was a stunning bathroom. Gray marble slabs lined the walls, the shower and even the tub areas. It just spoke of wealthy that the others did not. Made me wonder if the ‘well to do’ folks was housed here.
Freedom just a doorway away…
Each floor had a room for supplies- all the cabinets had locks or padlocked at one time.
Found a large sunny room at the end of one hallway. I can just picture it being a craft room, or something of that nature.
Of course all the windows had mess, or steel grate over them. The window sat inside of a 2 ½ foot thick stone wall.
The Dr. common room inside their private suite. If you look at a picture from outside, just above the main entrance you will see a small patio. This lead off to that area.
Main floor had a few rooms set up to show you how the place looked back in the days. Of course this is about as far as anyone got, sure the patience rooms was off limits. As far as the rooms- small. With a single bed, you might have room for a nightstand. Just walking room really. And no closet in the patience rooms. Most doors had a peep hole if not a window so no privacy at all. But the Dr. Nurses, and staff rooms where not much bigger, and had more then one person in a room. They at least had locked doors, and closets. In the nurse/ Dr. areas they had what looked like at one time, a small kitchen.
I stood looking at these room, thinking of a sister, brother, father or mother, son or daughter who came to visit their family. They would sit in this room, tea or coffee offered in china cups, waiting for their family member to be brought in. I wonder if any of them knew the kind of hell that was behind those doors? The tour guild spoke of how most of the patience had outside jobs, spent the day out in the work force, the town blowing a whistle to let them know it was time to return. I don’t know if that was much better- the people they worked for could have been more abusive then the nurse, staff. I have not read any reports of abuse from this location and that I held onto as I left the main building.
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LadyKrystalynDarkstar
21:04 Apr 28 2011
Wow. Those are fantastic. I love the leaves with the drops on them. Great photos!
Morrigon
21:11 Apr 28 2011
Beautiful. That second school looks in amazing condition. I wish they would do something with big spaces like those.
RedQueen
00:20 Apr 29 2011
I LOVE the red bathroom- it's POSSESSED!!!!! lol
And the house is wonderful- but a WIG???REALLY???
Vampirewitch39
01:56 Apr 29 2011
The man who owns it now rent half of it out to a construction company who uses it for storage, and the parking lot for his equipment. He himself runs a recycling business out of what use to be the kitchen/ lunch room and gym.
At least it was not torn down. But we do have a lot of old buildings. Funny as they are mostly schools in small towns. So wish they was hospitals, or those large fancy houses you see in horror movies.
lol