3 Comments Posted by gm

THE SMALL ROOMS WERE DOWN A LONG HALL,, RIGHT BEFORE
THE DORMITORY. THERE WERE TWO ROOMS ONE ON THE LEFT
AND ONE ON THE RIGHT. EACH ROOM HAD A BED.i USED TO VISIT MY FRIEND IN THERE.SHE WAS ALWAYSI N TROUBLE.GROUP 4
FACING THE BLDG. ON THE RIGHT 3RD FLOOR ,BACK IN 1950- 52 TIL
I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT CHANGED. WAS A GIRL'S CHILDRENS WARD
UP TO AGE 18. GIRLS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE UNRULY WERE PUT IN THE SMALL ROOM IN A RESTRAIN SHEET FOR AWHILE, WE WERE NOT SUPPOSE TO VISIT ANY ONE IN THERE. I WOULD ONLY
STAY A FEW MINUTES . I NOTICED THEY ENCLOSED WHAT WE CALLED THE BAR-PORCH WITH GLASS OVER THE BARS. WONDER WHEN THAT HAPPENED!! NOT A PLACE FOR CHILDREN OF ANY AGE!!!

Answer to first question,I am still here ! ,almost 60 years later! What DME
wrote is correct..This place should have been off limits for all pre -teenagers
unless they were really mental,then most of the time they were in strait jackets or restrait sheets,this is the truth!! My young childs eyes saw
plenty!! most of it not good. Every week the head nurse had me wash the whole floor of the Dayroom and this room was large.. When my mother who was sick for quite sometime with polio,saw the pimples and blisters on my knees she complained to the supervisor at Group 4,Action was taken and I no longer washed the floors on my hands and knees. Plus I got a pass to go home first for the day, and then for the weekends. Visits were every Wednesday and Sunday. KPSH also had a store and a movie house ,to go there you had better be good.. Will write again ..GBM

These pictures are great. My Dad worked there for over 10 years in the 70's. I even learned how to drive on the grounds in the cemetary. Beautiful buildings in their prime....