3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

I haven't been back to Dansville, but I believe the building is still extant.

Interesting information about the buildings in that article - also sheds some light on the reason for closure. Thanks!

Not always, sometimes the power (and even heat / air conditioning) is left on for maintenance purposes, storage, power supply to alarms / cameras, and sometimes to just make the building look used. It could have also been an overlooked detail when the building was emptied.

A name, presumably the last person who resided in this room.

I would guess it was used in a break room or dietary, as the building wasn't very medically oriented.

Interesting - it would explain the pallets, straw and smoke damage. I've also seen fire trucks driving on the property.

Thanks - yes that's the smaller of the two dishes on the property. Here's a closer look: http://www.opacity.us/...aller_of_the_two.htm

Because the door might shut?

Only to these drop lights it seemed.

I haven't headed down to FL yet, but hope to soon - thanks!

Yes, Rochester NY, not Rochester MN, which was also home to a large state hospital.

A banging or clanging noise; seemed more human than not. These boarded up buildings often become an area for surplus equipment when the surrounding campus is still operational, which would explain the stacked mattresses also in the room.

I use an IR filter these days, but these old photos were taken with a Sony DSC-F707, which can take hand-held infrared photos without much modification.

I'm not really sure, it looks like water saturation or mold / rot. Perhaps the stone around the window is porous...

This could have been an old operating room, gone into disuse when the Terrence building was constructed circa 1950.