Pennhurst State School & Hospital: Abandoned
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Originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic is positioned on the border between Chester County and Montgomery County in Pennsylvania. Pennhurst was an institution for the mentally and physically disabled individuals of Southeastern Pennsylvania. After a decade of controversy, it closed on December 9, 1987
As of 2010, the administration building, Mayflower Hall and only a part of the Tunnels have been partially renovated and reopened as the Pennhurst Asylum haunted house. The attraction has been successful, though controversial among locals and those previously affiliated with Pennhurst.
Entering the Administrative Building
The Administrative Building- The first part of the tour. Housed the nurses and doctors.
Mayflower Hall- Lower Campus building, Ghost Hunt, roaming the building on your own. This building housed most of the children that were in the institution.
Graffiti covered the halls
The couches were as hard as a rock
Paint was chipping
An old shed right outside the entrance to the tunnels
Out front of the Administrative Building, It's beautiful!
Rust all over
Another chair
Inside one of the rooms, to the left of the chair which you can't see was a mattress. It was said that that's how the kids slept because there wasn't enough room to house them all. So sad.
The showers
The corners of the walls looked like they were bleeding
Barred Windows
Toys left behind by the children of the Mayflower
If you look close, you can see an arm of what looks like to be a small child (look at the last sink to the right)
Here is one of the mattresses I was talking about above, You can clearly see that it's on the floor with no real bed or frame.
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