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Hmm.... One word comes to mind... CHUD....

I'm guessing that this place might not have been able to comply with state codes for schools and that may have been the reason it closed. It is certainly lovely, but I don't know that I'd want my daughter living in that building. I would be praying every night that they wouldn't have a fire.

My mother lived in a lovely old dormitory at Millersville State College back in the sixties. It couldn't meet the state fire marshall's codes back then, so they turned off the mains at night to prevent fires. The following year they razed it and built new dorms.

It's an 'asshat' sorta thing!



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Will B.,
I do believe that everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion and should not be afraid to say so, Kudos Man, you stuck straight to your heart even know it may have caused some un pleasant feelings, Good Lad

history is leaving before our very own eyes.people just dont understand that there was was life there once.it's just ashame and makes me sad.

i like all the other sets you have on here,but this set kinda sucks....i mean dont take it the wrong way,they are good photos,but a little outlandish....that is what i think....stick to the photos that dont have people taking away the spotlight from them.......sorry to piss all of you off but thats how i feel..

okay, so I'm curious. I'm a great fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She talked about encountering people with consumption (the old name for TB, because of the way it consumed its victims) going west to take the Prairie Cure. So I wonder why there is a lack of TB hospitals out west. Does it mean that the dry air actually did cure the disease, or did they just die too quickly to need a hospital? Or maybe that predates the understanding of the nature of the disease and the need to isolate the victims to prevent the spread of the disease?

I work daily within a couple hundred feet of this place and I see live from my vantage point the destruction of the buildings.

AUGH, Tax Time.... I've got to sort all of this out so I can file!

Bill your are correct it is a Star of David in the center , But there is so much more in there than just the Star of David in the Oculus
see silkster40z@aol.com Monday, 06-13-05 post for what is contained in the Oculus

Since this was a TB hospital and not a mental hospital, I'm guessing that maybe those white doors were to allow cross ventilation into the patient rooms from the window on the opposite wall?

I am surprised that is there, those old bottles are very collectable.

Hal, open the Pod Bay Doors, please...

the outside looks strong. it a shame that it will be done away with.thanks to people like u, we can get to see what the past was. thank u for sharing ur time and pictures.

BALCONIES??? Thats no fair, where I went they didnt have balconies for us to have fresh air, they didnt let us out side ofr weeks!

Once again, TB hospital, not mental institution. Fresh air was the only cure they had before antibiotics.