3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

I believe it was in a nurse's station or supply room.

Thanks for the clarification!

Hard to tell, but I'm guessing it's a base for a flag pole for the American flag. I remember pledging allegiance to one at the start of every day in elementary school.

It's been a while since I was there... I want to say the first floor of the original hospital building, but I can't remember for certain.

I couldn't discern a grade in the floor, but there could've been. I recall the system being generally on one "level" in that there weren't any staircases more than a few feet and the rooms weren't stacked on top of each other. As we got deeper into the system, the elevation declined to a point which brought the floor just under the water table.

I believe that door went to the basement, and the door to the right goes to a storage area under the stairs.

Thanks! It's been a while for me as well; the last time I was there these buildings were still standing. Yes the medical building, the old male and female wards, and admin building were torn down in 2012. I believe everything else is being used by the hospital except for the old power plant and some workshops on the southern campus.

I dunno, I think it could be restored if it's viable for someone. When you see gut jobs like Danvers State Hospital ( https://upload.wikimed...State_demolition.JPG ) all that's left of the original structure is the facade and the foundation, which seem pretty solid on this building.

Yes there were stairs that led down and out an entrance on the West side of the building, where some pieces of plywood were leaning up against the door.

I don't think there are any buildings left. Might be some tunnels underneath where they're not building new homes, but they're more than likely filled in.

Hi; while I'd like to think my photography work consists more of pandering (that's up to you), I fail to see how posting a photograph of found Polaroids violates the ADA or Alabama law. I think that if anything, Bryce Hospital has violated HIPPA law by leaving identifiable photographs of patients laying around after vacating the building, no?

I blur out faces, names, social security numbers, and all kinds of personal information left behind in these places, and I think it's important to show people the reality of what gets left behind in disused buildings despite the laws that have been put in place to prevent this kind of thing from happening.

I have no idea, it was so murky I couldn't tell!

Yup, it's fastened to the brickwork.

The pergola and the surrounding gardens were used to entertain visitors, host private parties, and be used as a background for weddings, which is what really made Old Taylor quite different from your typical distillery plant.

I haven't come across any information stating so, but I would imagine so, at least in the early years of the plant. It could also be solely for controlling the water level in the reflecting pool under the pergola...