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One of your best - extremely creepy.

I just read Anna's story and I dont have any words to explain my feelings. It is horrible that such a beautiful talented person like Anna slipped through the cracks and died a lonely death. Her life was poetic and I hope her death set her free into the happiness that she always wanted.

did you look inside any of those boxes?

I am thrilled... new pics!!!!!!!!
This picture reminds me of Alice In Wonderland!

Motts.... what is that green area, was there a light source in that room?

This tunnel reminds me of Byberry!

Don't know when they started using plastic in refrigerators, but the first plastic was patented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, who developed Bakelite, the first synthetic material of this type.

The majority of large residential facilities were designed to be far away from populated areas, as segregation from society was one of the main functions of these places. The more self-sufficient you could make a facility, the less it cost the state (and the less they were out of the glare of the public eye), so most places made and repaired their own clothes and shoes, ran farms and dairies, had their own laundries, and produced materials that were purchased by others (baskets, furniture, etc.). A power plant was part of the package. The state was always being pressed for spending money on the "unwanted" of society, and if they could break even by taking care of most of their own needs financially, they were under less pressure for even existing. Due to the fact that most of these places were pretty far away from town, that transportation was an issue when these were first built, and that working shifts were usually 12 hours at a stretch, they usually had living quarters for staff as well. In some cases they had cottages for married couples. They also paid extra money for staff who had musical skills so they could entertain the others (these are the days before radio, TV, and movies), and often the institution set up activities for staff, who had very little time off. These were truly small communities unto themselves, and were modeled after what was known as the "colony" model - they would truly be self-sufficient isolated colonies of the "unwanted," safely segregated from society.

Curtain's intact and the tub damn-near clean, even the floor is pretty clear of debris, like no ones been there since it's closed, Motts, these are the pics I love!!

Jeez, this house is out of Poe, or more like Lovecraft!

How can it make sense to let it sit and rot to the point that the roof collapses? Argh...

Like the chronicles of Narnia...there's a lamp post in the middle of the woods!

The preceeding reasons are why I'd guess the 40s or early 50s. Note the lack of any plastic parts or decor. Plastic was developed during WWII.

What a great view! This place sure appears to be secluded way back in some thick woods!

The angled walls & set in windows always make me think of military bunkers...