Why would you need lockers in a hospital? Unless they were for staff use, to keep their personal items in during the day so that they wouldn't get stolen.

A mattress sanitizer does make sense, although my guess would have been an autoclave. Billy seems to know what he's talking about though, so I buy it.

This reminds me of having to watch stupid movies in high school, all crammed up in a little desk, stuck sitting on a hard, uncomfortable chair for at least 70 minutes with no break.

Yeah, that would've made me feel right at home, having to stare some bizarre industrial-style metal light fixture in the eye while in the process of giving birth in a room crowded with eager viewers.

I'm with Lynne. If they're going to watch a woman give birth -- something which is generally considered a private thing, between the woman and her husband -- they deserve to have crappy, uncomfortable seats. It's only fair.

Just what every woman wants: a whole hospital stadium of people ogling her unmentionables while she's in labor.

I can understand having med school students present so that they could study what was going on and witness things first hand, but other than that, I can't quite grasp why anyone else would try to turn childbirth into a spectator sport.

"A building with power often deters vandals and thieves/scrappers."

So that must be why this place looks so clean...

This would look so beautiful with a light early winter snow fall drifting down over it.

This is a beautiful kirkbride. It's very imposing and harsh looking, especially with it's copper-topped turrets and sharply angled roof peaks that jab at the sky.

For some reason, it makes me think of Gotham City.

The building is kind of drab and blah, but I love those little terraces, and that tree in the courtyard (or what I'm assuming is a courtyard) is beautiful. It must've been nice for the patients to wheel themselves out onto their balconies to get some fresh air and enjoy nature for a bit.

This makes me think of "time out" and sending bad little children to go sit in the corner away from everyone else. Even more so because the chair is so small.

I love the white decorative tiles and such around the top of the elevator. I've never seen anything so absolutely consumed by rust like this. There isn't a single spot -- save for the white metal work -- that hasn't been rusted over. It's beautiful.

Maybe I'm weird or something, I don't know. Everyone is making comments about how creepy this building is, or how it would make the perfect setting for a horror movie. I don't see it that way, though. I think the building is beautiful, and -- at least from the outside -- has a really cozy, inviting charm about it. But like I said, maybe I'm weird and it's just me that feels that way.

How could more than one person walk down that hallway at a time? I can just imagine going one way while someone was going the other way, and the two of us getting stuck. Waaaaaaay too narrow for comfort here.

That is absolutely stunning. I'm not sure if anyone here has been to the Castle in the Clouds (in Moultonborough, NH), but this turret reminds me a lot of it.

If those porches were indeed functionable when the school was in use, as Motts has attested to, would they have had railings around them? I can see a little bit of a railing (I think), but it doesn't look to be too high. I can't imagine feeling too safe, lounging on a second story porch with no railing, knowing that one false move would send me plummeting into the courtyard. Of course, maybe those Bennett girls were a lot more coordinated and graceful than I am, and falling off balconies wasn't an issue for them...

I second Valmont's notions about the clock. I personally think it would've looked much cooler if the center of the original clock (the one that the 12 hands on the wall belonged to) hadn't been replaced with a more generic, run-of-the-mill clock. It would give the room more character and flair.

This room makes me think of the '60's, what with that funky clock and the curtains and the light fixtures. I like it. I can imagine this making one hell of a living room, if the building was to be converted into a house. All it needs is some art deco furniture and a smattering of shag carpeting, and you're good to go.

I also like how the modernistic vibe given off by the curtains and clock and such contrast so well with the more classical, tudor-style architecture of the building. Quite stylish, in an unexpected sort of way.

I love abandoned places where nature has kind of taken it upon herself to take over the property and move in, just like in this shot. Places where you get the feeling of being outdoors when you're really indoors. It makes me think of a courtyard on the inside of a castle or fortress.

I have to agree with winterchrstn and Pat; I'm definitely seeing spider legs.

This makes me think of a blacklight, the way the light looks blue against the walls.

This is gorgeous. I love the contrast of the green leaves against the black window frame and the white sky.

What a cute little window bench. It doesn't look too comfortable, but it's a nice idea. I bet the girls would sit here and study. That's what I would've done.

Looks like a giant bird cage. Great shot, Motts.

Beautiful. It has a very distinct German chalet feel to it. Or, at least, that's how I'm interpreting it. Very lovely.

Pretty curtains! This room is really clean, but I'm sure the blue walls looked harsh under fluorescent lighting.