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shadows of the past , once full of life.
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As it were, the Hooper Turret (the second one, not this one) seems to have been some kind of meeting area. So maybe this one served the same purpose?
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Okay maybe I am crazy, too, but I can see it!
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and I can just picture a ghostly clown sitting in that horrid chair!!! can't you?
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I don't know why, but this picture reminds me of an evil horse I once knew.
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It would be really cool to shoot a movie in this place!
I love old buildings like this! don't you?
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Any idea what the rotunda was used for, or what it housed?
And p.s. did you have a chance to drive down BEHIND all of this? there's a super creepy playground that's all overgrown back there...I think there used to be some kind of camp there at one point....just recently worked up enough nerve to check it out! haha
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F.Y.I. have been in the "new" building and it looks rather similar to this hallway, of course, a little nice, carpetted (kinda scary carpet though) ...
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it looks like a mummy with clothe wrapped around its head if thats what you mean
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So I have just stumbled upon this website and am amazed! By far the best Worc. State website I've found. I'm from the area and am familiar with several "stories" of the hospital. One of which says that there were all kinds of underground tunnels that led to other incerators (perhaps at a near by hospital) and even across to the lake. Not sure how much truth there is to this, but you guys seem to like this stuff too!
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It was for veterans with psychiatric illnesses, and was part of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center complex.
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Wasn't this a medical/surgical building for soldiers? Why is mike1968 talking like it was part of the asylum?
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Interesting. I have never had my eyes examined by anything that looked like this.
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This is so Stacy can reach me. Joy
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Stacy I survived a institution. I visited Letchworth a month ago and felt such a sense of loss. Please let me know more about your brother. Also the burial grounds that are so unkept. Im an artist wishing to do a piece on children in institutions.