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now if this isnt something right out of gothic prison, i dont know what is.
anna
Wed 07-27-2005
Very cool find! Photo tells quite a tale. I love the water marks on the left wall, almost like that hole is the wall is vomitting. :)
Mystwict@aol.com
Thu 07-28-2005
What truly incredible doors!
Lynne
Thu 07-28-2005
Dayum, but I want those doors!!
Shadow
Fri 07-29-2005
wIcked door. Almost Medieval.
sigma
Fri 07-29-2005
GOSH....THE DOORS LOOK SO .........MEAN....
JAVA
Fri 07-29-2005
I wouldn't want to hear that slam behind me!
KayD27
Fri 07-29-2005
Totally incredible. A bar going accross the doors - WOW I love it! Great colors. Mr. Motts, this shot is total Genius!
silkster40z
Sat 07-30-2005
Seems like somthing from a nightmare. I sure they looked less threatening when they were new but...its still frightening.
Kaie
Thu 08-04-2005
Imagine being stuck down their at night, sorting mail or what have you, and then the hydro goes out?
Kassie
Mon 08-08-2005
So this is how "going postal" got started!
quest
Mon 08-15-2005
*is in love with this picture (and Motts)*
fashionpage88@yahoo.com
Sat 09-03-2005
Mailroom? How much mail can an asylum get, People totally used to just leave their family there and they typically forgot about them. The mailroom doesn't need those doors, I want them.
poisonousxbeauty
Thu 11-17-2005
kind of a sturdy, menacing door for a mailroom don't ya think? kinda makes ya wonder what else might of gone on? lol
Amanda J
Thu 03-02-2006
this place is in incredibly good condition
Lola
Mon 03-06-2006
WOW OH WOW OH WOW!!! That's all I could think of when I looked at this picture!
Nancy
Thu 06-15-2006
Everyone has the freedom of speech but i hate it when people say they want things out of these old places. Those doors are where they belong and not in your'e houses. Im glad Motts does not reveal the locations of these places
Tom
Wed 06-21-2006
I agree, Tom.
jam3996
Sun 08-06-2006
those doors are quite beautiful!
Trish
Tue 09-09-2008
The hospital probably got lots of mail. Remember that until the 1950s, many employees lived in housing built for them on the grounds of the facility. Many of the patients' families did stay in contact with them, plus there would be all the "business/official" mail. The mailroom might have been utilized to provide vocational training for some of the patients as well.
dme
Wed 10-22-2008
Wow.. Absolutely... wow...
Das Kilen Bitte
Thu 12-11-2008
Loads of business mail for a place that size.
STL girl
Fri 01-22-2010
I think people say they want those doors in there houses because a piece of art has been abandoned and if left to sit there it will rote and then where would the doors be? Gone. then no one could enjoy them. I don't think they mean they want to go and steal them, they mean they want to perserve a beautiful piece of history that has been abandoned and forgotten
VanessaF.
Mon 03-28-2011

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