4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

Is it illegal or trespassing to use some of the buildings as background in a school video project?

How many original buildings were there? Are all of the buildings still standing?
Thank you, Sharon

worked on this one mech timer relays contacts got pitted readj. oil transformer 500ma. 150kva sometimes a bear to adj.

The stairs like that in physical therapy with me after I shattered a vertebra.

Is it just me or does that bath tub look in really good shape?

I suspect the bar around the sink is to prevent the sinks being pulled from the wall. Note there is really no way to hold onto this bar for any support.

I would rather take a piece of decaying history and have it on display in my house, than to leave it fully knowing that it will eventually come in contact with some destructive fool. In no way do I condone the action of spray-painting, breaking glass, littering, etc. but I see no harm in taking a small souvenir or two from a place filled with such historic and emotional value. Instead of the object becoming further dismantled by those who have no respect, you could take it and give it a home and be able to share what significance it may have had in a place like Pennhurst. It is a living relic of a horrible past and that to me is beautiful.

What the heck did they use to stick the tiles on the wall? Super glue??

Those sinks seem to be pretty clean considering where they are

All that's missing is a TV on top of that shelf thing...

Thanks Motts

Opps, make that ribcord.

Yes, Sandy the orange is most likely a bedspread. It was called ridcord. I had one in green as a teen.

The lone broken chair?

Zombie transport?