23 Comments Posted by heidi

Maybe they were donations. When asking for diaper donations they didn't mention "Adult Diapers".

I lived literally 5 minutes walking distance from this breaker my whole life, and I can tell you that the hole was caused by a windy storm that knocked the shingles/panels off the building probably just that same year you took this pic. It was never there, and the morning after the storm there was a big gaping hole. Tells you how stable the building is!!

To Jim (7/19/08) : I hope the holy artifacts went to other chapels, but the pews are dismantled and stacked against a wall. Not sure if it's all of them and whether or not they were taken apart or just fell apart/broken.

The link by Jim H is great, I never got to see the mansion standing, only parts of the foundation walls in what is now the park. But I've been inside the school building and chapel and it's a horrible mess. I wish kids didn't feel the need to destroy old things just because it's abandoned. There were still shelves full of books in one room that are now strewn across the floor.

This might be one of my favorite galleries. Beautiful.

Motts, THIS should be a wallpaper. It's beautiful.

Oh gosh Motts, this HAS to be a wallpaper! Amazing.

did anyone bother to check the room to see if it was a person or not

This is beautiful, I love the colors. So clean.

Beautiful Motts. Love the carpet. But I'm glad it's not in my house. :)

The temperature gauges make me think it might have been a hydrotherapy room. Hydrotherapy, or hydropathy, became very popular in spas during the eighteenth century as a voluntary medical treatment, and the temperature of the water was an important part of the cure. People might take hot or cold baths, get sprayed with water, or allow themselves to be wrapped in wet sheets as cures for different illnesses. What is chilling is that in mental health treatment, these cures were used involuntarily. I wonder if the photographer saw another room with several bathtubs? A popular treatment for manic or psychotic people was to wrap them in canvas and put them in a tub of tepid water for eight hours, every day for several days. Depressed people got sprayed with hot water.

Interesting, thank you. :) So not actual mansions as in old homes, just old buildings.

I'm sorry but I have a silly question; what are the mansions? What were they used for?

Spidergirl you always assume the absolute worst.

I'm in California, not even close! I enjoy looking at the pictures and reading Lynne's posts. And of course, thanks for the pics Motts. :)

Well crap someone is using my name to post stuff, I'll have to think of a new one.