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Ok now THIS is my fave of the set!

My fave of the set so far, Motts.

Man, how foreboding does THAT look?

Great Gallery!! Thanks Motts!

Nice colors!

Tuesday sounds like a blast, especially when you get to visit the "Psychotrist"

Ok that's a quality shot as well. :)

Ooo! Top Shot, Motts!

I love this shot Motts, When I was a kid my favorite stuffed animal was my stuffed Racoon, This is an eerie reminder of old Raccy

Hah, I wanna jump on those mattresses so bad, (assuming they weren;t full of creatures and insects)

Yay a new gallery, Thanks Motts

It is the dinning room on one of the units.

What happens to the grave sites when these buildings are torn down? Is there any site that you could research the history of the patients? I had a great aunt who was committed to an asylum over a hundred years ago while she was a child. Her condition was diagnosed then as melancholy, I guess today it is called depression. I found out she died at the hospital and was buried at it cemetery. When the building was torn down some forty or years ago they tore up the grave yard and made one mass grave for all the remains.
I sometimes wonder about this young girl who died at the age of twenty one. Being family and all. It's like finding a piece of a puzzle that you did not even know you were missing.

does anyone see the skull in the cloud...creepy look really hard

Pat please keep us updated on Bennett & Halcyon....I don't live anywere near there so other than what I've learned about it on this web site I knew nothing about it. I just love seeing stuff about old buildings and thinking of there history etc. I know 'if' I'd went there I'd be heartbroken but I do feel for those who love it and preserving history would've been nice here. Its a shame that Millbrook couldn't have tried to do something for all that it had done for them through all those years. Its a shame when it had been closed down in 1977 that someone couldn't have bought it than and made use of this and the other beautiful buildings on the grounds. Of course it does take alot of $$$ to restore old buildings....which not alot of us have and the one's that do want to get rid of them. Sad to say it would cost alot of $$ now to save Bennett if it is possible.....how sad....if maybe it was only 2 yrs old instead of what 31 yrs ago it might not cost as much but well who knows.....it is sad though. So thanks for all the comments from former students etc. I will say this is an interesting site. Motts you do a great job. I hope you will update your web site more often. Have you ever though of going to Waverly Hills TB hospital. I've not ever been but seen enough about it on TV and on various web sites. Pat please keep us updated....same Motts if you can take anymore currant photos of Bennett before its gone that would be nice also. Take care alll.....