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And the damned 'SC' tags all over the place. That group of thugs have got to be THE most destructive "explorers" in the area.

Probably multi-faith services were offered in this chapel, likely non-denominational most of the time.

This was the only access we found; never found a way into the seating floor.

I was never convinced this courtroom was used by local authorities, but instead as a venue for hearings about patients. Whether to release or commit, are they no longer dangerous to themselves or others, etc. I came across nothing when I was there to suggest a local police presence. This is just speculation on my part.

Hello. I was wondering if you would be interested in checking the West Mountain Sanitarium. It's located on Scranton's (Pennsylvania) West Mountain neighborhood. It's off the beaten path and is very unknown by people. It's very good for photographs and other recreations. It burnt twice, but the childrens building is still very much intact. I highly recommend you view this location as, the remains and crumpling FAST. It was built in 1903 and closed in 1977, or so i believe. There is NO documentation on what the county or state intents to do with it, and it is very seculded. Being that it was a TB treatment center in its later life, it was featured in several ghost hunting shows and such. As i said: i highly recommend you to at least google it. I'm a huge fan of your website. Keep doing, what your doing! Thanks for your time,
-Joshua Wagner

not likely TV, there is an image of how they mounted TVs at northville at http://outlet.historicimages.com/

Yes, i do think so too; creepier - yet to saunter and walk and wander around, is such an awesome first-rate event, You Lucky Guy.
And thanks for sharing
- if it were not for you.................

Hospitals try their best to have bodies removed within 24 hours of the death. Main reason is space. This has 6 drawers which is probably enough for an inpatient hospital this size. Unless this was a long term care facility most of the patients would be treated and released when they were considered controlled. I would imagine there were not a lot of deaths in the hospital.

Mica, I wonder if the three hinges were used because some psych patients can be violent. The strength of a violent mental patient is pretty amazing. But as an aside, my house was built in 1920 and there are 3 hinges on every door. Architect choice?

Even psych patients appreciate a touch of civility. So the carpet is probably blue colored fake grass. In the 70's I moved from an old hospital building into a new one built by the same employer. The patient rooms were carpeted. Administration told us that studies showed only minor differences in growth rates of bacteria on carpet versus vinyl time. Did we believe them? Nope. But this carpet could be an upgrade from that period of time.

This blue and the green,yellow, and pink of other pictures are what we affectionately call "hospital colors". They were supposed to be calming. Yuck!

I think Binky is right. The lines of the different strips of wallpaper are visible especially on the left side. Still not an attractive color scheme.

I also immediately saw a priest. Funny how our mind picks up details and makes assumptions.

Yeah, Darlene - am sure it was. You are right: better safe than sorry crashing TV.