4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

This is the creepiest photo yet for me...I think it's that saggy, tatty curtain...!!

Well, it wasn't the basement... ^_^

I can see wanting natural light but having the whole freakin' ceiling one big skylight? That would be sooo great for an art studio...

Nearly every abandoned building has a typewriter or two...they're the technologically unloved divorced wife...left by the trophy bride (computer)

From my experience in AV club in highschool, I'd venture that it's a closed-circuit TV monitor, ca early '70s...

Finding articles of clothing in an abandoned building creeps me out the most...I think it's how they're the most personal articles people have...

I thought so too...that shelf in front of the window. Also the grate looks like it may slide up & down and was prolly for security to keep the unauthorized out of the pills...

(LOL) I was just thinking how I would probably get caught under the load of 60# of books or they'd find me sitting & reading them for hours on end...

My work-study job in college was in the library and I feel a spiritual connection to books but here - this is incredible!

An amazing cataphony of colors, textures and angles. My eye is drawn along the curve over and over again.

This admin building strongly reminds me of my old highschool. It was built in the 20s, was abandoned about 10 years ago and is going to be torn down this summer to make a parking lot...

Wow! Maria you have some good stories to share..Wont you share more:-)

i remmeber this when my mom took me there....she used to work at pennhurst and she said this balcony is where a pateint jumped offf the balcony and killed herself while trying to escape.

i go to pennhurst all the time...veyr interesting...yet sad. me and my friends almost got caught by the cops back there but we hid in on of the buildings jus tin time. jus tmake sure your careful! cus there is a navy base back there and they will shoot on guard..there are even signs.

ya freaky....my mom actually used to work at Pennhurst when she was about 18 years. After hearing all the stories about her incounter with people there i was freaked out. i actually found out that she even got abused by the patients there.

Cool picture....i was just there a few days ago with people...at that very spot.

toilet paper still on the roll..?