my friends and i went there this halloween.,..i found this morgue freezer by accident! i was wandering by myself, my friends were a bit behind. i shined my flashlight on the wall and it read "morgue" where someone had spraypainted it. i was like, "morgue?". then i turned around and saw this. it was AWESOME. i was going to lay down but the trays were dirty and i didnt want to ruin my jacket...haha. btw this is located in the basement, on the side of one of the hallways. (the basement of the main building, off the main road.)
HI.....I just randomly found this site tonight, and it is freaking me out...I lived in Stony Point (the next town over from Thiells, where Letchworth was/is situated) most of my life and my Mom, Grandma, Uncles, Aunts, cousins...so many worked for Letchworth (as did I in the early 90's when they were begining deinstitutionalization). I worked in the food service department while I was in high school, and went there all the time when I was a kid to see my Mom at work. While I have heard of occassional travesties having had taken place there, for the most part, I have to say that from what my family members have told me, and from what I witnessed myself , the patients weren't so much mistreated, but treated as children who were seen as orphans. In fact, many were orphans or children with disabilities that did not include mental retardation. They were placed there because the state had no other means or ideas as to how to treat them, or what a more appropriate placement might be. In fact, I believe that a lot of locals had decreased fears/anxiety towards those with mental deficiencies, as patients were commonplace on the roadways and grounds surrounding the campus. There was even a youth soccer field bordering the grounds and patients often walked over to watch us play....I can't recall any of my team mates ever having been afraid or condescending to any patient who wandered by...What strikes me is the level of decay that has taken place on this site. It truely was a beautiful campus at one time. I visited about four years ago and was truely spooked by the condition of the buildings, especially the hospital, which was known as MED/SURG. They talked about converting the area to a college campus, which I think would have been pretty smart, as the area is relatively close to New York City and could enrich the suburban economy...anyway, my jumbled ramblings could go on forever, but I digress...
GO THERE, its crazy! just dont get caught.