5 Comments Posted by LA

This link posted on the last picture shows what used to be there pretty.

http://www.jim-howe.co...eminary%20Chapel.jpg

For some reason, this photo (and the comments) made me think of the giant carousel at House on the Rock... Maybe because this mural seems innocent and yet somehow "off" and disturbing due to the age and decay...and the carousel (and other exhibits) at House on the Rock have a similar strange vibe.

That is a great photo... I bet this place looks much more "enchanted" now than it did when it was new.

I don't know, I think "cold and evil" are fairly good terms considering the information which had been given on this place:

"became notorious in the public eye for neglect and abuse toward the residents. Newspaper articles detail ex-employees tales of children without soap, clean clothes, sheets and even food; there were claims that some co-workers would beat the patients. They wrote how the foul smell of urine and feces was constantly lingering in the air, and many residents wore diapers and banged their heads against the walls for attention. A report was also published that a deaf woman, admitted in 1930, had been kept inside the hospital for 55 years, being misdiagnosed as "mentally retarded."

This reminds me of where I went to 8th grade... They did have stalls, but the doors were set so small and high up that they didn't really block anything. It was awful, I don't think I used the bathroom in school more than once... I was very relieved when they switched the upper grades to a different building.