494 Comments for Rochester State Hospital

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I hope you were wearing a mask in here! Lots of crud....but I love the picture!
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Ahhh, that's the shot I needed. ;) That does look like a snake!
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Stage 1 of decay. ;)
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Ahh, I see what you meant about the building not being very exciting. A nice shot regardless....even without the peeling paint and debris on the floor. :)
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OK looking at all these roof cave-in photos I think I know about when the cave-ins would have occurred.

A few years ago (ok probably like 7-8 now) there was a major 7-8' snowfall one night in Rochester - its likely that this was the cause of the major damage to the building.

Because I'd been around the building as part of a class/history walk type thing prior to the huge snowfall and I don't recall seeing any major roof/window damage like these show.
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Truly surprising this was still there given how expensive these pieces of equipment are - even as a salvage piece - there are people who could/would use the piece in their home (if it was in working order).

The color wouldn't be too off putting to many.
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Drugs and other things.
I've been both a patient & a visitor in similar settings and I know someone who worked there before they shut the building down. These type of lockups were used to hold things like medications, bandages, linens & other things they didn't want the patients having at random.
Likely the drugs were kept in locked cabinets - long since pulled for scrap - or moved to other buildings in the network.
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Yay a set where I can say I've been at the site!! Awesome set!!
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It's too bad the year is cut off from the date in the upper right.
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Psych rehab today is simply sending the patient home with a bottle of pills, hoping they take them, and wondering why they return in 3 months.
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Wow... I vote wallpaper on this one!
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Nice. i live near there, i can go to it. a great part of the country
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ooh, 20 bucks on ebay, here i come
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All I can say is Ah hah aha hah hah hah hah(breathe)hah haha hah.
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door number one... vanity
door number two...clinical depression
what's behind door three? Massive gambiling debts?