485 Comments for Manteno State Hospital

Looks like an old train barn.

I don't know about this path you're leading me down.

solid stuff

WoW

Reminds me of the bathroom in the
ancient Colosseum,only with dividers.

Well the writing is proportionate.

striking

Grand in its' day.

interesting

From what I've seen so far I like the feel.

its sad to know that these walls are now repainted after someones hard and dedicated work was put into them.
It was their way of telling Gennies story, shes a woman ill never know & never forget.

I was going thru some papers of my Dad's and discovered two letters that were written by two of my Dad's co-workers who were at Manteno State Hospital. Both letters were dated Nov 3, 1946 but postmarked a day apart. One of the letters stated that they had been bused to Manteno from the County Hospital. The letters made me wonder about what kind of hospital Manteno was so I started googling and found this site. Gave me some good information along with some fantastic pictures. My dad died at the age of 95 in 2007. He was a well known lithagrapher in Chicago for years before he retired. He was also a wonderful photagrapher and I now own all 27 of his cameras and lenses. I found this site very interesting and it answered many of the questions I had.
Thanks very much and hope you are having or had a safe trip.

The path to hell.

motts... would you ever take any one with you
if you were compensated well

yo motts you should go to waverly manor in louisville ky, used to live there (not the hospital), but ive heard lots of storys