35 Comments Posted by TRACY

I worked there from 1982 thru 1996 as an LPN, it was a county facility then, As you entered the grounds there was a building that housed the doctor and nurses when it was a TB center, they lived there. Nurses should be single and not knowing much of TB then, then it became a center for behavioral children/ young adults like a detention center, the long building was jenson hall, it housed the children that had TB, the metal beds were brought to the big long windows during the day and at night pushed back at night, At the entrance of Jenson hall was two Cement angels on both sides of the door. The next building was the building that they burnt the waste in, then Broadacres was a building that housed the Adults that had TB, Back then they thought Fresh air and sun shine helped w/ the TB, It was built on the hill, later it became a nursing home housing 120 residents that usually were discharged from a state insitution, some times people from Marcy were discharged and lived at the hunter house, that was hotel utica, then needed care or had no one to take care of them, The deer usually came up to the main building at night to get some left over dry pieces of food, Towards the end of Broadacres they had a certificate of need and was supose to have a new building built just down from the old one, but it was an election year and was it put on the back burner and the county thought we were making them go into the red so they sold it to the highest bidder, it turned out to be St. Lukes, thats who occupied the new nursing home, They were such special people that worked there, alot have passed, and like time fades, but they will stay dear and close to my heart,

Sorrow....what must have gone on there ...thank you for sharing

Security? I remember back then, I’ll never see history like that again in my area..

It is still standing, as of today. I wanted to get over to it, but too much traffic. Had to settle for pics from the gate.

These were used for the hot and cold water therapy at this hospital--not for general bathing.

IT IS SO SAD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH NO COPASSION OR RESPECT FOR THE MENALLY ILL NO ONE ASK FOR THIS MY GOD THAT COULD BE YOUR SISTERS OR BROTHERS MAYBE EVEN YOU I WORKED THERE AS AND 18 YEAR OLD PUT MYSELF THROUGH SCHOOL AND YES I STILL SHARE A PART OF MY DAY WITH THE MENTALLY ILL AND IT IS A JOY TO BE ABLE TO HEKP AND MAKE THERE LIVES BETTER REMEMBER NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TOMMOROW WILL BRING

This would be a fantastic wallpaper for an Apple computer :)) Also an excellent wallpaper just if you love Motts work.

I think the blue wallpaper is beautiful, whether it looked nice or not when it was first applied I don't know, but the way it is now is gorgeous. I've been slowly making my way through all of the photos on this site in the last few days and this is the one I love the most. It still looks beautiful and happy after all these years in such a sad and forgotten place, and it shows that someone thought enough of the patients that they wanted them to have a little bit of colour and fun.

NIce poem twug. iam amazed no one has comented on this photo since Feb.

Very gothis looking coffin. Very nice also.

Its amazing no one has ever stolen that crown.

I have worked with people with leg braces, there not metal and menacing any more there moulded to your shape in a plastic. the people wearing say there comfortable enough.

I just noticed this is a manual one note the handle with the red knob. there was another knob which was tightened, first then The red handle was pushed up and down and the patiend raised. to lower the patiend the the other know was released slowly.

I use theses oxford hoists. there really good. the older style ones had a handle to raise the patient for manual lifting. The up-to-date ones are electric.

I live in the scotland uk and these fire exit signs are still used. I have saw them in different places.