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The inside of the houses looked like they melted, but no signs of fire (weird) houses no longer there. :(

My Mother had blinds like this in the 50's and 60's. The strips that held them together were heavy cloth and always got yellowed because my parents both smoked. It was always my job to dust the blinds - UGH - and to help my Mother when it was time to wash them in the bathtub reeking of bleach! To me, with the ugly yellow, the blinds, and the fluorescent tube lighting, this screams of the 60's. Wish we knew what was on the floor. What a sad room.

How about the figure (nurse?) in the green paint to the right of the window?

A woman with a hat with flowers on it is what I saw as soon as this loaded

is it odd that the babies penis could not possibly be as far up as it was?

I attended the Naval Academy Prep School in 1969 at the Tome School, staying in the Harrison House. Our classes were in the main tower building and a rec center and gym were in the building just south of the Jackson House. I think it was called the "Tome Inn".
It't strange to see it all as a ruin today and makes me realize how temporary our lives really are. The pictures are a real treat. Thanks for taking the time to record their current status.

The main building had heavy damage to the foundation during the September 2011 flooding. The engineers now say it is unstable and must be torn down. The streets around the hotel are blocked off to traffic for safety. It is very sad, but I think it will be torn down in the near future. My mom and dad won a dance in the ball room in the early forties. It is very sad to see it now.

I believe it was for the lecture hall.

I find J. Margolis tribute moving as well, as I do Pat's. Thanks, wanderer, for attempting to even photograph Halcyon. Let us remember her as she was, for it is our memories that live on, even if the place itself doesn't. Or, perhaps Halcyon does live on in our collective memories, those are the ones that count. We should be grateful for those memories and for what she stood for. Keep us posted.

This was the lecure hall for medical students training at Byberry. They would come in here for lectures on mental health. Also, that graffiti of the cat (or lion or whatever it is) on the left has always creeped me out.

Which auditorium is this? There were three auditoriums: the old ballroom above the old women's (c-building) dining room, the Furey Ellis Hall (large auditorium), and the lecture hall (small auditorium).

Yeah, this is the old women's infirmary. The state built a large tuberculosis building (N-10) in the '50s, but when TB was nearly eradicated, they no longer had a need for that building. So, since N-10 was filled with medical equipment, they turned that into the new infirmary. This building was left vacant until demolition in 2006.

you should pull out the drawers to see what's inside. I find that over the years papers and such tend to fall behind the drawers as they open and close and settle under the bottom drawer. an accidental time capsule of everyday life.

Ratchet man- keep up on progress or there lack of it as it' ll be another 368 days before I get back is the fence a joke or what

looks like staff quarters