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This must be on one steep side of the hill. were the first floors under ground in the rear?

Kinda creepy.

Lonely bed shot?

Sweet dreams....

Plaster of Paris over slats, old school construction but shows this place was built to last.

eldokid@aol.com

Tue 06-22-2010

This was called 'lath and plaster construction' . Sometimes horse hair was mixed in the plaster to keep every thing together and make the plaster stick to the wall better. First a thick course coat was applied followed by one or two more coats finer finish plaster.These would amount to 3/8"to 1/2" thick coating of plaster,so you can see why it would last if it wasn't for moisture.

Ferdy

Tue 06-22-2010

Ferdy, it almost makes my arms hurt when I see that too. Lots of work troweling that plaster day in and day out. I used to make play swords out of old lathe sticks when I was a little shaver.

autoguy

Thu 07-01-2010

i so love the castle, i have photos of the same sleeping quarters from there, tom.

arleen hodge

Mon 08-16-2010

Yeah, I'm REEEEAAALY fond of that slat and plaster technique. I'm living in an old house and see some of that under my kitchen sink. The house survived Katrina, no problem! This crap they have nowadays, build a house in a week....nah..I like the old ways of doing things. :)

Saywardstudio

Thu 10-21-2010

So sad to see this place let go for so long. What a waste of beautiful workmanship.

Kattoo

Sat 01-15-2011

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Date Shot:	November 2005	Image ID#:	7440
Date Posted:	Mon, June 21st 2010	Camera:	Canon 300D Rebel

Location Name:	Jackson Sanatorium
Current Status:	Abandoned
Built:	1882	Closed:	1971
Opened:	1883	Demolished / Renovated:	n/a
Location Age:	130 years	Abandonment:	41 years

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