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It looks like a 1950's cowboy and American - Indian Western movie scene.

That prison was not a bad place to live in, I think that they might have actually cooked good food in there.

they also thought that sun light helped cure tuberculosis....

they also buried the bodies in the ladd school cemetery. the stones only have names on them. a few do have a year but most dont. also all the stones are made of cement and they look kinda creepy during the day. i cant wait to see them at night!!!!

Talk about a little slow on the up take! I've gone threw all of Mr. Motts's Shots on this site but somehow I don't remember noticing this one before! *LOL*

Guess that means its about time to look through them all again.

Great Stuff!

That lock itself must weigh at least 10 pounds.

If they open this plant again there will be a fanfare

The trash can looks like it has a liner in it...

of course I hope everyone knows that i meant that the patient that was therevsince 1903 was in a regular room in the 60's and wayyyy before. He was in the underground cells when they were being used long long before the 1960's.
Also the trainees were told never to try to go through the underground tunnels, because they would get lost. The tour was in a mapped out part.

My sister was being trained there in the 60's.She was taken on a tour with other new trainees through the underground tunnels. The patients were (roomed) there at one time. iIthink she had said the violent ones.I'm not sure. Any how there was still a patient in the hospital that was there when the underground cells were used. A lot of patients would be all in one cell, some even chained. they were hosed down with fire hoses either weekly or monthly. It was before the bathrooms were put in down in there. She was told all of this. The man that was in one of the underground cells at one time and was still there in the 60's was committed in 1903. They were all told that too.
I went pass the place a lot in the Summer of 1993,the sign was hanging on it's broken chain on one side old and rusty looking. The first time I put in my mind that I wanted to see the place, but I never got around to. I knew that the place held a lot of history and I too was totally disgusted when I heard of it being sold and that it was to be demolished. When it was demolised I was saddened. It was such a grand old place and should've been preserved for it's historical value.
Well, walmart has gotten their just desserts lol. No one will ever be able to use the land. The people who lived, worked and died there still have the property.

Second comment was epic.

theres buildings like that all over there i live there in belchertown .

this buildings needs major repairs nd renovations id like to see building 93 renovated and used for something.

I'm the sister of the 9 yr old boy who died at the Salesian Camp in 1964. I googled Salesian camp & my heart dropped when I read about my brother. We believe he was murdered. The ever powerful Catholic church
covered everything up. Someone must have known something, but no one ever came forward.

My mom and sister both worked at Pennhurst. They are both very caring and loved the individuals they cared for. However I do know that there were people there who did horrible things to individuals who couldnt' speak or stand up for themselves.