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Very intresting.it must have been a fairly good size town.
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What was it that was said about it NOT being ornate on the outside???? That is one GORGEOUS building!
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I agree with ya Sian...Nice, Motts...(personally, I wuold have asked if I coulda got a shot of the inside of the entrance...where he was set up....)
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I really enoyed seeing the architecture of this place. Thanks again for another beautiful gallery
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I love the angles and arches of this building, beautiful architecture
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potential wall paper here??? I love that I have to look up.
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This is beautiful the way the sun is hitting it and the hint of blue sky through the clouds.
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Fabulous Motts...this last shot is superb.

It looks like it belongs to another world.
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I was expecting the interior of the hospital to be as astounding as the exterior....
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It looks gritty and raw....I love it!
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Oh! What a start Motts!
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It was only a county jail, not maximum security or a long term facility.
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There were a few in Minnesota, Fergus Falls might be the only remaining one. There were Kirkbrides in Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, and Illinois (Independence and Clarinda State are still an operating Kirkbrides in IL) and the Cherokee State Hospital Kirk is being used by dept of corrections in Iowa.
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No, I've only discovered this in 2003... I explored Kings Park Psych a bit but didn't start shooting until I got a digital camera, when my first shoot was at Buffalo Central Terminal - http://www.opacity.us/...central_terminal.htm
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Perhaps I'm reading this incorrectly, but to me it looks like a part of Willy Wonka's factory.