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Had to do a look-up for the word grise.... Means, "grey eminence", a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially."

Cue creepy music.........call Stephen King....I see a novel in the works....

"Do not pass Go....Do not collect $200"

Squint, and one almost gets the sense of their being a person at that mesh(window, i'm guessing), acting as a look-out while this pic was being taken.
Love your work!!!

I really appreciate seeing these pictures. My mother ,Rosemary(Payne) Littrell entered there as a patient (TB) when I was 1 to 1 1/2 years old and died there two months after my 3rd birthday (Oct. 1947). My only memories of the place are of one visit. We apparently were taken there by my uncle in his taxicab and someone stayed down with me while the rest of the family went up to visit my mother. I wasn't allowed to go up. The one visit I remember is when my mother threw two dogs she had crocheted for me out of the window, which of course she shouldn't have done, but so far I have never had any signs of the TB. My father did get it during my freshman year of high school, but did recover. If there is anyone who worked there, was a patient there or a family member of a patient who remembers my mother I would love to hear from you. I am on Myspace.com/Carolyn Smith

Maureen, you are so right. They always did call me sunshine. I forgot all about that. I still get that from people saying I smile all the time. They nickname me Joker now. That's so funny and after 20 + yrs here we are. I'm so happy to be able to talk to you again. I was still there after you left. I missed you a lot. We used to talk a lot in the hallways. Feel free to email me HDFXRD@hotmail.com. I always wondered how you were doing. I remember you were going to Northeastern while working at Gaebler. You would read your books for school while working there. There was nothing much else to do while sitting in front of our room during quiet time. My sister remembers your brother as well as I do. LOL. I was in 1st grade and he was in 5th. Send me an email sometime. It was great hearing from you.

I really hate 2 c metro state torn down even though it is very creepy and spooky, but it's very sad how it starts to come to an END :-( :-(

Hi Veronica,
I remember you very well too!! You were always smiling and I remember we called you Sunshine. You have an incredible memory. I am very impressed! I am sorry you still have nightmares about that place and I am very happy you are doing well. What kind of music do you play? An electronic engineering degree sounds very difficult to me! Good for you. How do you like living in Florida?

momto4, I know you. I never forgot your face. I seen you signed your name Maureen. Your name is Maureen Gil.... You can fill in the blanks. I didn't want to put your whole last name out there. You were my ICC. Your brother's name is Kevin. I know because my sister went to school with your brother at St. Charles in Woburn, Ma. You were nice to me. Lisa and Neil Chiso.. where also my ICC's. We went for walks together on the grounds. I had off ground privilages. My name is Veronica L. I remember you too Shane. I remember your face still too. Maureen, that place still gives me nightmares to this day. I try not to think about it. I ended up being a musician, playing throughout Boston, then a hairdresser, then went back to school, recieved my BSEE in 04 for electronic engineering. I'm also a motorcycle mechanic/painter that I do on the side. I moved to Fl. I came out ok, but it was a hard road from hell. Very hard.

This is a nice photo. It gives a good idea of the size of the place, the architecture, the grounds, the weather. A nice ending to a nice gallery. :)

It never surprises me the depth of human depravity we can find in the world if we stop just passing by.

It more like the bars were crudely tacked on in a slap-dash manner. The way the horizontal bars extend past the window... Why would you bar school windows anyway?

I like the contrast between a stained wood and thick colored paint. Very broad door/hall way. Nice.

This looks like someone cut a doorway out of a giant cheese. But seriously, I like it!

This is so cool. Motts, I've seen many hallways you've documented over the years, but never one like this! :-D