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some of the links that Lynna provided were creepy.....the spinning chairs really freaked me out.
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this is a beautiful picture and at the same time it scares me...i expect to see someone standing beneith that light
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A yesteryear picture of Bennett along with a brief description of the school.

http://mhs.vh.net/bennett.htm

Apparently the school was not actually founded there - it was actually in Irvington NY first. For those of you a little further away - Irvington is close to NYC but probably about 50 miles south of this location.
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whoa! this building is so gorgeous!
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beautiful pic!
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i am with both of u. it does seem like things were left in a hurry. and there is a sense of lonliness and despair i think
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i would spend forever in there! i wonder y alot of these places leave all those books and files? especially about patients, isn't there some kind of law or rule about that?
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cool love the marble! what a lonely little chair! u and the lone chairs, gotta love em!
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holy hell! that masked scared me at first! and it is way out of place here!
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omg love this fireplace!
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love this shot, but y is it that the administration parts r so clean and they leave the rest to rot? not very nice!
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wow.....kind of reminded me of when you go to an animal kennel or shelter or somthing like that. Very creepy
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ummm amazing!!! i am in love!
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all i can say is wow
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a lot of these old asylums and hospitals were so gorgeous! i would love to have the money and renovate and restore one of these and make it a home or bed and breakfast!