180 Comments Posted by AvalonSeeker

Tsktsk, Mandy. What purpose did it serve to trash the house?

Gods, I think a soap dispenser just like this one was in a hospital I worked at once long ago...

Looks more like dietary needs, modified=mod, chopped, whole, etc.

There is a place in Ligonier, PA called Storybook Forest (near Idlewild Park I think) I remember that place when I was a kid, and then I took MY kids there when they were young (and older too) I may be wrong, but I think Storybook Forest once went thru a phase where the park was closed, but then it was "resurrected" It uses both figures and live actors to tell stories. A lot of the places smell like mildew tho. We had a little place near our home that was a type of StoryLand, I think, I believe I'm going to go that way tomorrow and check out whats remained of it.

I'm curious about the figure in the pic...Mr. Motts, was there some sort of post or something there that could be interpreted as a "person"?

There were chairs exactly like this in the hospital I currently work for...about 35 yrs ago I remember being in one with a broken leg...they had smaller ones for kids. The hospital still has the chairs, but they are safely under the lock and key of the lone nun who still works there, she's about 88-90. Old lady still does "furniture rounds" just about every day, too....

Lynne, bless you for the link to the soap dispenser-yep, we had 'em from grade school til Jr. High. Nasty powdered soap...

Can't say enough good things about these collections...my new favorite website! Mr. Motts, you are indeed an artist!

Everytime I look at the photos, I read the comments, then go back to see what I've missed...

Thank you again, Mr. Motts, for the glorious photos. Time indeed is a thief, shame on us for allowing such beautiful architecture to lie in ruins. Mr. Ratchet, thank you for keeping us informed. If not for folks who believe in preservation, all of our history would be left to vandals and developers...

Thank you so much for preserving this history with photos. I will try to tell all I can about your awesome tribute.

A med cart on wheels, rolling thru an open ward is certainly not a good idea under these particular circumstances. I've been a nurse for a long time (27 yrs) and worked in a couple older type buildings (not psych facilities tho) and can see how things could get dangerous for the med nurse out in the open with meds in a cart, locked or otherwise. (I spent time as a student at Torrence State Hospital)

The saddest part is how the damm Walmart will cover history, the history of poor people, living humans who walked these halls and have been forgotten by everyone, including their own families (because of negative stigma of mental disease)

The hospital where I work has a building attached to it which is now office space but was once the school of nursing, I believe all of the hallways and bathrooms, etc are made of this type of orange/tan colored brickwork. The brickwork goes up the wall about halfway, sort of like wainscotting.

The link to www.dixmont.info no longer has anything...wish I had found this site a lot sooner. The pix on here are absolutely marvelous, and as previously said, just one more reason I loathe Walmart!