This abandoned house was certainly a unique location to explore and that’s not just because of all the household appliances, furniture, and personal belongings left behind, but also because the last resident to have lived there appears to have been a local firefighter and an old fire truck enthusiast and collector. The fireman’s house was originally built in 1929. It was smaller single-story home that measured approximately 1,300 square feet and featured 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It appears that the home was renovated and modernized at some point. Not much else is actually known about the home itself or what happened to the families that last lived here. We will just assume that it will remain a mystery for now. But overall this abandoned fireman’s house will certainly be a location to remember.
Abandoned Historic Small Town Jail That Had Many Prisoner Escapes
This abandoned historic jail was originally built in 1845 in a small, rural, northeastern United States town. The jail was partially built by the prisoners themselves who would work long hours of intense labor to quarry rock and use that same rock to build the jail as part of their punishment. Most of the prisoners held at the jail were incarcerated for less severe crimes; such as being drunk and disorderly, petty theft, and fighting. There were also several inmates over the years that were held for murder, including the a serial killer that killed 4 people in the same town. In 1911 alone there were nine people at the jail awaiting trial for murder including four men accused of causing a train wreck in which one person died. The jail had many celebratory events that took place over the years; such as marriages, graduations, and births; as well as the all too familiar negative stories of corruption and inmate abuse. The historic jail grounds also featured a dairy farm, which helped the jail become very self-sufficient by having the inmates work on the dairy farm to grow and eventually produce milk, vegetables, pork, beef, and chicken. The dairy farm provided food for the entire jail. Because of the dairy farm, the jail grounds were never fully enclosed and due to this, there were many successful escapes because of the lack of security, the rural location, and the small staff. The historic jail remained active for nearly 125 years, from 1845 until 1969, when inmates from the jails were moved to newer more modern facilities. In 1970, the jail was again used as a “simulated lockup” for prison guards who were treated like criminals, so they could experience the same treatment that the prisoners did. They were strip searched, fingerprinted, and put in prison attire before being incarcerated for an entire weekend. By the 1990’s, the historic jail was closed again, but this time it was for good. In 2007, the historic jail was purchased by the local town. The town established a small committee to set up to work on the stabilization, restoration, and potential re-use of the jail and property. As of 2022, the historic jail still sits abandoned, hoping for a new chance at life in the near future.
Abandoned Dental Clinic Owner Passed Away And Left Everything
This abandoned dental clinic dates back to when it first opened it’s doors in 1979. The dental clinic was an immediate success for the dentist, as he was said to “go above and beyond the call of duty” when it came to treating his patients. He offered general dentistry and oral surgery services to the community and offered the areas first 24/7 emergency dental clinic. He operated his dental practice for nearly 27 years before he finally retired. In 2005, the dentist announced his retirement and closed the doors of his prized business. It has sat abandoned ever since. This abandoned dental clinic was one of the very best that we have even seen and explored. It’s not everyday that we get to document a place like this!
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Exploring Abandoned Hospital With MRI Machines & Surgical Suites
This abandoned hospital was built back in 1968, but the property dates all the way back to the 1800’s when the first tiny hospital was built in the same site. That original tiny hospital, which was just a couple of rooms, was actually founded by a small group of catholic nuns, who decided that they were quickly outgrowing the hospital, so they built several additions throughout the early half of the 20th century. So over the years the hospital grew larger and larger with the more additions they completed. The nuns eventually sold the hospital to a parent medical group company that wanted to build a brand new facility on the site, so unfortunately all of the nuns hard work was all for nothing. So the older hospital had to be demolished to make way for this new state of the art hospital facility of 1968. The new hospital was built and what a hospital it was! It was a huge towering 7-story tall structure that featured all the amenities that one could ask for, especially during that time period.
When a new hospital was built in the 2000’s, the older hospital began to get less referrals and therefore less admissions; leading to a steady decline in hospital patients. By 2017, the residents and hospital staff knew that there was trouble on the horizon when many of those once considered state of the art services, such as the trauma center and the psychiatric programs were cut due to the shrinking budget. But it wasn’t enough to save the struggling hospital and it closed for good in 2018. As of 2022, it still sits abandoned, however, there is a big push to try and sell the former hospital.
Abandoned Bowling Alley From The 1968 Orangeburg Massacre
Abandoned Bowling Alley From The 1968 Orangeburg Massacre All-Star Bowling Lanes opened in 1962 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It featured sixteen-lanes and was fully-automated. It had a nursery, a conference room, locker rooms, and a snack counter. The trouble for All-Star Bowling Lanes started when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law and All-Star Bowling Lanes owner Harry Floyd, refused to follow the law claiming his bowling alley, which was the only bowling alley in town, was exempt from desegregation laws since it was private property. The bowling alley was situated in between two colleges, South Carolina State and Claflin College. South Carolina State also called SC State had a high number of African-American students and was located in a neighborhood of mostly poor to middle class black families, which was a far cry and a notable difference from the white neighborhoods surrounding them. For many years, these systemic differences and the racial segregation infuriated local African-Americans in Orangeburg, as well as the student bodies at both colleges.
Abandoned Bowling Alley From The 1968 Orangeburg Massacre All-Star Bowling Lanes opened in 1962 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It featured sixteen-lanes and was fully-automated. It had a nursery, a conference room, locker rooms, and a snack counter. The trouble for All-Star Bowling Lanes started when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law and All-Star Bowling Lanes owner Harry Floyd, refused to follow the law claiming his bowling alley, which was the only bowling alley in town, was exempt from desegregation laws since it was private property. The bowling alley was situated in between two colleges, South Carolina State and Claflin College. South Carolina State also called SC State had a high number of African-American students and was located in a neighborhood of mostly poor to middle class black families, which was a far cry and a notable difference from the white neighborhoods surrounding them. For many years, these systemic differences and the racial segregation infuriated local African-Americans in Orangeburg, as well as the student bodies at both colleges. On February 6th 1968, a group of students returned to the bowling alley for a big protest. When they arrived at All-Star Bowling Lanes, they found that the doors had been locked. The group of young college students protestors was met in the parking lot by a group of heavily armed law enforcement officers. As they were arrested and led away to awaiting patrol cars, an angry crowd gathered outside of All-Star Bowling Lanes. Eventually fists started flying. State troopers responded swiftly with broad-scale beatings. One student’s skull was cracked, and reports from that night bear witness to at least two female students being held down and beat by officers. Wounded and enraged, the students retreated, breaking out car windows and damaging four buildings during their retreat. Before sunrise, fifteen students had been arrested and at least ten students and one police officer were treated for injuries. As the word spread around town about the bowling alley unrest, tensions reached a boiling point. The following day, February 8th 1968, roughly 120 National Guardsmen, state troopers, and local police had amassed at the edges of South Carolina State’s campus. An additional 450 troops were stationed downtown Orangeburg, all armed with shotguns.
As darkness fell, students at S.C. State gathered around a bonfire near the college’s entrance, holding hands and singing. Thirty minutes later, firefighters moved in to douse the bonfire, backed by an additional 70 police officers. When the students began to retreat, someone allegedly threw a rock, hitting a highway trooper David Shealy in the face and he collapsed to the ground bleeding. This was when shit really hit the fan. After seeing his fellow officer down, an officer fired his gun in the air as a warning shot. Later claiming they feared the shot had been fired by a student, eight other officers and city policeman opened fire. The onslaught lasted about 15 seconds. Between 100-150 students were present. Of these, 31 young black people were shot, three of whom died. Two of the victims were Samuel Hammond, Jr. and Henry Smith, ages 18 and 19, who were students at South Carolina State. The third victim was Delano Middleton, a 17-year-old senior at nearby high school. Also killed was the unborn child of Louise Kelly Cawley, one of the women beaten during the protest at All-Star Bowling. The events of February 8th 1968 and the days leading up to it have been labeled as the “Orangeburg Massacre.”
The State of South Carolina has never officially investigated the events surrounding the Orangeburg Massacre. Although multiple attempts have been made to open a state investigation and to honor February 8th as an annual day of remembrance, nothing has ever come of it. Although several governors issued public statements of regret for the shootings and deaths, none of the nine officers involved have received even an informal reprimand. Although the Orangeburg Massacre was the deadliest single incident of the civil-rights era in the Carolinas, it remains relatively obscure as it was unfortunately overshadowed by other national events.
Although All-Star Bowling Lanes was eventually desegregated and went on to operate for another 40 years, the scar was permanent for many of the local residents. In 2007, All-Star Bowling Lanes was permanently closed. In July 2021, All-Star Bowling Lanes received a $500,000 grant from the National Park Service to begin restoration on the bowling alley. A local non profit organization plans to transform the historic bowling alley into the Orangeburg National Center for Justice, in commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre.
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Disturbing Abandoned Funeral Home - Remains of 11 Babies Found
Cantrell Funeral Home first opened in 1955 when owner Raymond Cantrell Sr. opened his first funeral home at the corner of Kercheval and Montclair on Detroit’s east side. The funeral home was an immediate success for Cantrell and he soon needed a larger building. In 1964, he finally moved Cantrell Funeral Home to the same location that you not only see in the video but also where all of this tragedy took place, which was 10400 Mack Ave again on Detroit’s east side. Unfortunately, Raymond Cantrell Sr. passed away in 2016 and his son Raymond Cantrell II took over the funeral home. Raymond Cantrell Sr. owned and operated the legendary Cantrell Funeral Home for over 60 years at the time of his death.
Both before his death and since his death in 2016, the funeral home was continuously plagued by “jaw-dropping” violations. Over the years, violations continued to pile up against Cantrell Funeral Home and prompted visits from state investigations many times from the 1990’s through its final closure in 2018. Finally in 2018, the State Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs suspended the funeral home license of Cantrell Funeral Home after they investigated allegations made against the funeral home. They suspended their license based on incompetence, gross negligence, and improperly stored bodies. During that same investigation, officials also uncovered almost 300 containers of cremated remains in the basement, and at this point still unaware of the other dark secrets still lurking inside.
Later in 2018, state investigators again returned to Cantrell Funeral Home after an anonymous phone call led them to where they could find numerous corpses hidden throughout the funeral home. Investigators ended up finding a still-born infant corpse hidden in a box. Upon further investigation and another search, they found 11 more bodies of deceased infants, ranging from gestation up to only a couple of months old - and some of them even appeared to have been mummified. This discovery proved to be the final “nail in the coffin” as the State of Michigan revoked all licensing for the owners of Cantrell Funeral Home and it was immediately shut down.
In 2019, shortly after the terrifying gruesome discoveries forced the funeral home to immediately close, a major transformation took place inside the old Cantrell Funeral Home as the new owner is turning the space into a community center, a much-needed resource for people in the crime-ridden neighborhood on Detroit’s east side. As of 2022, the former Cantrell Funeral Home is still undergoing renovations to convert it into a community center.
Abandoned Blue Horizon Boxing Ring
The reputation of Philadelphia‘s Blue Horizon boxing ring is that it was “hands down” the best place that ever hosted boxing matches in the entire United States. The Blue Horizon had also seen more boxing matches in it’s near 150-year history than most other places in the country, with the first fight dating all the way back to 1938 and the last fight being in 2010. The Blue Horizon also became world renowned for hosting international fights; as well as regional and state title fights during the years of operation. It became even more famous when it made appearances in the 1990 movie “Rocky V” with fight scenes involving the character "Tommy Gunn" were filmed. It was also used to film fight scenes in the 2006 movie “Annapolis” starring James Franco.
The Blue Horizon was originally built in the city of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. It dates all the way back to 1865 when it was a row of three Queen Anne style residential homes all lined side by side. These homes were all four-stories tall and featured unique and marvelous architectural details throughout each one. In 1914, all three houses located at 1312-1316 North Broad Street in North Philadelphia were purchased by a local chapter of the Loyal Order of Moose fraternal organization. It was decided that they would utilize the three houses for the “bones” of the new Loyal of Order of Moose Lodge. So renovations and alterations began on the three houses to make them one massive lodge hall for the fraternal organization.
After the work was completed, all three homes now housed the entire fraternal lodge that included meeting space, a ballroom, a bar, and an auditorium. In 1938, “Moose Lodge” as it was known back then, experienced it’s first professional boxing fights. There was fight cards on March 1st and March 28th of 1938. The March 28th fight card featured actual heavyweight boxing contenders at the now famous venue. It seemed with each fight, the blue horizon gained more and more attention which led to it becoming legendary all across the country and even across the world. By 2013, the building was shuttered as it ran into licensing and tax related problems, and the building began to fall into disrepair. Over the years following it’s unfortunate closure, several rumors and plans to convert the historic building into something else made headlines, however nothing ever materialized. As of 2021, the famous Blue Horizon is still there, although the boxing ring has been removed. Current plans call for the demolition of the Blue Horizon, which has met both opposition and controversy.
Abandoned Funeral Home With Over 60 Lawsuits Against The Owner
This abandoned funeral home was built in 1888. Records indicate that the building was possibly originally built as a funeral home with the business downstairs and the residence upstairs. In 1957, a young reverend and funeral director purchased the funeral home for his own business venture. The reverend ran his funeral home until he was forced to close the doors in 2014. In 2015, the funeral home was sold to an already established and operating funeral home in the local area. They took over the operations of the funeral home and used it until it unexpectedly closed in 2018. As of 2021, the funeral home still sits abandoned.
Abandoned Disease Research Institute With Blood Samples Left
This abandoned medical institute was originally built in 1912 as a small hospital to help treat and research the influx of infectious diseases in America. Within a year of opening, the hospital built a new state-of-the art laboratory next door, and the two buildings were connected at the second floor by an enclosed walkway. The two buildings together, the new laboratory and the hospital, then became an institute for infectious diseases. The state-of-the art facility included equipment required for bacteriological, immunological, and pathological investigations and research.
Shortly after the laboratory building opened, a local farmer donated one of his suburban farms so that the institute could start using the farm’s animals to breed, study, research, and test the animals in a laboratory setting. The focus of the institute was to advance the knowledge of infectious diseases in order to improve the methods of prevention and cure, as well as to care for patients suffering from certain acute infectious diseases.
The patients that were treated at the institute were all referred by the local health department after they met a certain criteria; mainly patients that were diagnosed with diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, whooping cough, and other infectious and contagious diseases. Since treatment and services were free for the patients, they all had to live below the poverty line and had to have been considered “poor” in order to receive the free treatment and services at the institute. Only several years after first opening it’s doors, the primary purpose of the institute became focused on vaccination, which is quite wild to think about now with the current COVID pandemic. Anyway, the institute gained a lot of publicity and attention when they began to not only manufacture vaccines, but also they distributed the vaccines as well.
In the 1920’s, the institute was said to have disbursed over 100 million vaccines to different patients all over the country. Records also show that in it’s first 20 years, the institute treated and saved the lives of nearly 15,000 patients; who might have otherwise fallen victim to the vast array of deadly and contagious diseases that plagued our country during those years. Many people also credit the institute with developing safety protocols and personal protection equipment (PPE) for staff when managing and treating patients with contagious diseases and infections.
During it’s heyday, the institute also served a vital educational purpose as the institute provided clinical instructions to medical students, nurses were instructed in proper infection control, and both interns and residents received specialized training before moving onto their permanent positions. Although the institute did eventually close it’s doors for financial reasons, the work of the institute continued for many years into the future, some still being utilized today. In 1943, the institute was taken over by a group of dedicated doctors to support research and educational programs designed to train physicians and other health professionals in the local area.
The institute was eventually absorbed into a local university hospital system where cutting-edge research and high-quality medical care were developed and are still the standards today. The institute eventually closed in 2017 and is still sitting abandoned as of 2021. There is no doubt that the institute’s founders would certainly be pleased to see what would eventually come from all the years of research at the institute, especially as the world grapples with this everlasting current COVID-19 pandemic.
Exploring Abandoned Lynnewood Hall Mansion With Guard Dogs
Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room mansion that was originally built as the Widener Mansion in 1900. It was built from Indiana limestone in an ornate Neoclassical architectural style. Often referred to as the “The Last of the American Versigh” Lynnewood Hall was considered to be noted-architect Horace Trumbauer’s masterpiece. It was built for street-car investor and magnate Peter A.B. Widener to house his expanding family and his massive art collection.
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Today, over 120 years after being built, the once bustling elegant mansion sits vacant; towering from behind the weathered wrought iron gates as it awaits a new chapter in its storied legacy. Before the turn of 20th century, prominent businessmen throughout the United States began to mass great fortunes through the development of many new industries, such as railroads, steel production, and mining. Most people have probably heard the name Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, or even Morgan. These are the names often associated with the great wealth, extravagance, and luxury of that time period, which later became known as the Gilded Age. Another name synonymous with wealth during that time periods that often gets forgotten or overlooked, is Peter A.B. Widener and the Widener family. Peter A.B. Widener was born in 1834 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Growing up he learned the “ins and outs” of businesses and investing. His first investment to net him a small fortune was buying stocks in streetcars and being involved with public transportation systems around the country. His wealth and power did not stop there.
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He became one of the richest men in Philadelphia after investing US Steel, Standard Oil, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1900, Widener moved into his newly constructed mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania named Lynnewood Hall. Wideners put blood sweat and tears into lynnewood hall and it became his pride and joy for many years to come as the 110-room, 55 bed room, mansion became Wideners art gallery. After Peter Widener’s wife passed in 1897, he became involved and even invested in the R.M.S. Titanic. In 1912, Peter Widener’s son George, his wife Eleanor, and their son Harry (Peter Widener’s grandson) planned to travel back home following a family vacation in Europe. On April 14, 1912, a day that now lives in infamy, George Widener was in the midst of hosting a diner aboard the ship, as he was celebrating the Titanic’s splendor and his father’s latest investment. During the diner party, the Captain of the Titanic, E.J. Smith, left the diner party to go check an iceberg warning. This iceberg is said to be the one that the Titanic collided with, causing the “unsinkable” ship to indeed sink. George Widener and his son Harry, escorted his wife Eleanor to one of the lifeboats and watched her aboard to safety. Both George and Harry Widener would become two of the 1,500 people that tragically sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean with the Titanic. This tragedy would push Peter Widener into isolation. Within a relatively short amount of time, Peter Widener had lost his wife, his son, and his grandson in tragic circumstances. In 1915, Peter Widener passed away in Lynnewood Hall at the age of 80 years old. Many people say that he died of a broken heart. In 1952,
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Lynnewood Hall was sold and it became the Faith Theological Seminary. Unfortunately, Faith Theological Seminary began to sell alot of Lynnewood Hall’s valuable assets, including over 350 acres of land and most of the notable artwork, statues, sculptures, and ornamentation. Faith Theological Seminary left the one-time glamorous and stunning mansion in almost complete disrepair. In 1996, Richard S. Yoon purchased the gorgeous mansion and he planned to turn it into a branch of his church, The First Korean Church of New York, but the large estate became too difficult and expensive to maintain and the mansion was eventually left vacant in the 2000’s. Apart from the two guard dogs that once roamed free to chase away trespassers and the curious, it sat rotting away and fell apart more and more, year after year. Although the mansion’s interior and exterior is most certainly a far cry from its hey day, many traces of the original elegance remain in tact. We welcome you to follow us into the famous Lynnewood Hall through the videos and photography by Abandoned Central.
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Exploring Abandoned Jail With Police Inside The Same Building
This abandoned jail was originally built in the 1950s as a family owned and operated motel. It was built along a once thriving area lined with small businesses, venues, theaters, and retail shops. Through the years following, this once bustling area of businesses began to decline as the neighborhood started experiencing problems with guns, drugs, prostitution, and other various crimes. By the 1980’s, multiple efforts were underway to clean up the neighborhood. The motel was purchased by the local sheriff office and was converted into a jail. The jail was small, so it was originally designed to house women inmates and offenders. By the 2000’s, the jail began to house juvenile offenders that were convicted of both felony and misdemeanor crimes. Some of the inmates were also held at the jail while they waited to be transferred to a prison to serve long-term sentences. Approximately 20 years ago the jail started to have multiple issues after a major storm wrecked havoc in the area and flooded a large portion of the jail itself. There have been many tragic accounts documented of what exactly happened in the jail during the major storm and the flooding that followed. Here are some accounts that have been published: 1. One inmate was incarcerated in the jail during the catastrophic storm. She had to be moved from the first floor because her cell had flooded from the storm. She was then moved and locked in a cell on the second floor. She says that the guards were assaulting several of the other inmates. She further claimed that she did not have food or water for over five days and requests for her heart medication went ignored. She was scared that she would die in the jail and never see her family again. 2. One inmate stated that guards gave the inmates contaminated water from a “left over shower” to drink. Then the guards took the water back to bathe in and afterwards returned it to the inmates to drink again. She reported that several inmates were fainting and having seizures and the guards refused to help them. She also said that she saw guards ignore five or six girls beating one girl over a food dispute. She further stated that after the storm and flooding, the jail cells became pitch black and the toilets were all overflowing at this point, so there was a toxic and foul odor that filled the entire jail. 3. One inmate reported that she felt like they were just left to die in the flooded jail with no fresh air, no electricity, no food, and no water. She further mentioned that over 100 other women inmates were being held in her jail dorm because of flooding and with that many inmates crammed in a small space, the jail dorm became unbearably hot. She stated that she had to drink water out of trash cans. She even went on record about recurring nightmares regarding what she saw and what she went through at the jail. 4. One inmate reported that the major storm left the inmates without lights and proper air ventilation. Medication was not provided to any of the inmates. She further reported that the inmates in her jail dorm were not being fed and were forced to drink contaminated water out of the toilet. She talked about how the smell was also overwhelming and became unbearable. She stated that smell at that point was horrendous. There was feces, vomit, blood, and urine that permeated from every crevice inside the jail. She and some of the other inmates were eventually forced to break windows to get fresh air. Although the jail did operate for a few years after the catastrophic storm, it was pretty much the final nail in the coffin as it just suffered to much structural and electrical damage. In 2015, a brand new jail was opened in the area. This meant that it was the “end of the road” for the old jail. The old jail was permanently closed and all the inmates were transferred over to the new jail. In 2021, plans were announced to demolish the former jail with hopes to put an end to a very tragic story in American history.
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Abandoned House With Old Antiques - Everything Left Behind
The abandoned 1800’s house was actually built in 1838, making it almost 200 years old. The single family home was 2-stories tall and had 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The main front entrance into the home was covered under an old dilapidated porch. A small creek runs adjacent to the property and even flows underneath the garage area of the home. The interior of the home was quite extraordinary as it was loaded with antique furniture and personal belongings of the last family that lived in the house. The main front entrance led into the dining room area. This dining room area had multiple antique cabinets that each contained various sets of fine China, porcelain tea sets, and imported plates and glassware. On the wall in between two of the cabinets and above an old rocking chair, was 2 vintage printer drawers that were being used to display a collection of small animal statues and other knick knacks. The kitchen which was located right off the dining room featured a vintage stove with other outdated appliances. The living room, which was located directly across from the kitchen and through the dining room, was absolutely incredible. The living room wallpaper was weathered and torn throughout. There most impressive finding in the living room was the antique wicker wheelchair that was just sitting in the center of the room just waiting to be used again. Surrounding this wicker wheelchair, was other beautiful antique furnishings, such a wooden hutch with an old portrait on top, a marble, a wooden, hand-painted, vintage dresser with a clay jug and twin candlesticks on top, an intricate wood table with a smooth marble table-top with some outdated books and an ancient lamp on display. Next to the marble table, there was also another wicker style chair and a unique hand-carved wooden corner table that had various antiques on display. There was also a little back room located off the living room that contained shelves loaded with more antiques, glassware, books, and other knick knacks. Access to the second floor, was also located off the living room area. The stairway going to the second floor was quite impressive itself as it was all wooden with more intricate hand-carved details leading all the way up. As you came upstairs to the second floor, this is where you would have found the master bedroom. The master bedroom also did not disappoint. It featured a wooden, four-post bed frame with an old oil-painting hanging above the headboard. Also located in the master bedroom was a massive old dresser with an oval mirror attached, an aged rocking chair, an outdated green armchair, and an old-fashioned dry sink with curved towel rack. Various other paintings and even old family portraits still hung on the walls throughout the master bedroom. To finish off the amazing upstairs, the old-school bathroom next to the master bedroom, contained an antique claw-foot bath tub. The abandoned 1800’s house was one hell of an explore. Not only was the actual house nearly 200 years old, but the amount of vintage, retro, and antique furniture was incredible to experience and document. We truly hope that someone or something will help save this beautiful house from further neglect and deterioration. Rest In Paradise Rebecca. You are truly loved and missed by everyone.
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Exploring A Massive Abandoned Court House In Massachusetts
Exploring A Massive Abandoned Court House In Massachusetts
Worcester County Courthouse was originally built in 1843 in a Greek Revival architectural style in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. The original Worcester County Courthouse was very small and soon became evident that it could not keep up with the expanding growth and population of Worcester County, so several expansions took place over the years following the original construction. The final expansion was in 1954, which included a new annex area to accommodate the central district court.
Worcester County Courthouse was an architectural masterpiece that exhibited touches from multiple different and unique architectural styles such as Greek Revival, Classical Revival and even International. The interior design of the courthouse complex contained marble, terrazzo, granite, rare woodwork, bronze, brass, iron, plaster, stained glass, and stone work. The building was breathtaking everywhere you would look, but the lobby featured two, twin sweeping marble staircases that would take you to the upper floors of the courthouse. This is where one would find the largest courtroom that was the prized design of the Worcester County Courthouse. This large courtroom featured a massive rounded dome ceiling with a glass skylight at the very top. Stone and plaster columns that came down from the massive dome, lined the inner walls of this large courtroom. The courthouse also featured another large modern courtroom, a smaller traditional courtroom, jail cells, and other various county clerk offices and law enforcement areas.
A brand new Worcester County Courthouse opened in 2007, leaving the old, historic Worcester County Courthouse vacant by 2008.
The Worcester County Courthouse was abandoned from 2008 until 2018, when it was announced that the former Worcester County Courthouse would be redeveloped into commercial and residential space.
By 2019, work was already underway to transform the one time courthouse into residential lofts and retail space.
As of 2021, the brand new Courthouse Lofts opened inside the former Worcester County Courthouse.
Exploring Abandoned Maximum Security Prison In Louisiana
Forcht-Wade Correctional Center was built in 1977 by Caddo Parish. It originally was built and operated as a full high-security level prison for many years. In the late 1990’s, Caddo Parish gifted the Forcht-Wade Correctional Center to the State of Louisiana Department of Corrections. It was then closed as a “full prison” when the new Caddo Correctional Center was put into operation. Although it was closed down as a full prison, the State of Louisiana Department of Corrections used the prison to house state prisoners that were chronically ill and elderly due to it having an infirmary already established on the grounds. In 2010, Forcht-Wade Correctional Center again changed operations. The State of Louisiana Department of Corrections converted the former prison again, but this time it became a residential substance abuse treatment for approximately 500 male inmates. In 2012, the State of Louisiana Department of Corrections announced that Forcht-Wade Correctional Center will close due to state budget cuts. The prisoners were relocated to other facilities and by the end of 2012, Forcht-Wade Correctional Center was left vacant. In 2014, after sitting vacant for over two years, Forcht-Wade Correctional Center was returned back to Caddo Parish from the Louisiana Department of Corrections. Caddo Parish officials wanted to repurpose the former prison yet again, but when they went to inspect the property and buildings, they realized they had significant problems. Caddo Parish found that the State of Louisiana Department of Corrections had left the facility in complete disarray. Caddo Parish officials filed lawsuit against the State of Louisiana Department of Corrections after finding nearly 35 tons of waste, metal, and trash scattered throughout the property. There was also major damage to the facility’s electrical infrastructure that would have costed an estimated half a million dollars to repair. This was too expensive for Caddo Parish to afford, so they decided to filed the lawsuit. The lawsuit never happened after the State of Louisiana Department of Corrections threatened to file a counter suit. In 2016, it was decided that Forcht-Wade Correctional Center was rapidly deteriorating and was completed abandoned. It sat abandoned for several years. In 2021, Forcht-Wade Correctional Center was finally demolished ending a years long battle between Caddo Parish and the State of Louisiana Department of Corrections.
Exploring The Best Craziest Abandoned Hospital With Security Inside
This abandoned hospital was originally built in 1933 in gorgeous Art Deco architectural style. The hospital towered at 19 stories high and measured over 1.5 million square feet. The hospital once held over 3,000 patient beds making it one of the largest hospitals in the entire country. The hospital annually served over 1 million patients in outpatient settings and around 150,000 emergencies alone. The hospital was known for having some of the best medical treatment available as the hospital always had the latest state of the art equipment, world renowned doctors, and many services and programs that other hospitals couldn’t provide. Some of these services and programs were the level one trauma center, the burn unit, the neonatal intensive care unit, the college of nursing and health, a military trauma center, a cancer care center, and later a world-recognized HIV clinic. The hospital began to have problems when costs of building maintenance began to skyrocket. This problem, coupled with the fact that the hospital was no longer up to fire and earthquake code, an inevitable decision was made to build a new, modern, and more cost-effective facility. In 2008, the brand new hospital opened it’s doors across the street from the former hospital. All patients were moved over to the new hospital by the end of 2008. It was at this time that the former hospital was officially closed. Although the hospital did officially close in 2008, many of the lower floors continue to operate businesses from within the former hospital. Some of the businesses include a wellness center, community outreach, activity classes, a dance studio, a ymca, and other small non-profit organizations. Most of the upper floors were left abandoned; including the burn unit, the neonatal intensive care unit, and parts of the college of nursing and health. Located within the former college of nursing and health was a monster of an autopsy theater where many students learned anatomy and various surgical procedures over the years. Also located in the abandoned section were numerous operating rooms; each with their own unique look. Some of the operating rooms had the hospital beds still sitting underneath the operating lights and others just had operating lights only. Throughout the abandoned section of the hospital there were many hospital beds, medications, medical equipment, and even paperwork all left behind. Since it is only partially abandoned, the gigantic hospital still has power throughout. This makes exploring this place very sketchy and creepy, but a definite once in a lifetime experience. Although several plans to repurpose the former hospital have been proposed over the years; such as converting it into a homeless shelter, affordable housing, and even a hotel, nothing has come to fruition yet. As of 2021, the hospital still sits partially abandoned.
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Old Abandoned Funeral Home With Hearse And Embalming Room
This abandoned funeral home was first opened in 1976 by a local mortician. The mortician had already established a very successful funeral home in another town and saw potential for a second funeral home. He decided to renovate an old turn of the century family home into his new funeral parlor. The funeral home operated out of the home for many years and did prove to be a success in it’s early years. Unfortunately, by the 2000’s, the funeral home began to suffer as business slowed and population in the area declined. The funeral home closed for good around 2014. It has been abandoned ever since. When we walked into the abandoned funeral home from the main entrance, you had a large living room area that was converted into a waiting area for family and loved ones and chapel for the actual funeral services. The waiting area and chapel had everything left behind from the furniture, to the magazines, to the casket display cases, to the rows of chairs in the funeral home chapel. The funeral home office was located in an adjoining room behind the main entrance door. The funeral home office had old obituaries on display all across the desk. The embalming room and visitation room were located off a back hallway near the chapel area of the funeral home. These rooms were no different than the front rooms, as they also had everything left behind in each of them. The embalming room featured the porcelain slab with neck restraint, tons of different and unique autopsy tools, embalming fluid, makeup, skin and tissue filler, and even had the mortician’s medical degree still hanging on the wall. The visitation room featured a few gurneys, some floral arrangements, and an urn that was used for cremated remains. A bonus to this abandoned funeral home was found as we walked around the back of the funeral home. An old broken down Cadillac hearse was found in a collapsed area of the garage, making this abandoned funeral home one of the best explores to date.
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Abandoned Hospital Exploration - Bankrupt And Closed Abruptly
The abandoned bankrupt hospital was built in 1972 and was a small hospital that served residents of a small rural area. The hospital initially did very well serving the small community, but rising costs of healthcare and lower insurance reimbursements continues to push the hospital into more and more debt. By 2013, the hospital was in deep financial trouble as the debt had climbed to nearly $6 million. The main reason for the majority of the debt was due to insurance discrepancies from the Affordable Health Care Act aka Obama Care. The hospital was left with no choice but to file for bankruptcy and it closed for good in 2013. It has been abandoned ever since. 4 years ago back in 2017 Becca and I were able to explore this abandoned hospital that we had no clue about. This was one we found online and took a gamble with the several hour drive while on a road trip to check it out. Rest In Paradise Rebecca. You are truly loved and missed by everyone. #Bwordliveson https://www.instagram.com/_bword/ https://www.abandonedcentral.com https://www.instagram.com/abandonedcentral/ https://www.instagram.com/sketchyjawns/ https://www.instagram.com/_bword/
Abandoned Funeral Home - Shut Down After Rotting Bodies Found
Swanson Funeral Home was a family owned and operated funeral home located in Flint, Michigan. The funeral home was a long-standing staple of the local community as it had performed hundreds of funeral services over the years, many without any problems or issues. The original owner, O’Neil Swanson II, opened his funeral home in Flint, Michigan more than 20 years ago. He was following in his father’s footsteps as his father, O’Neil D. Swanson, had successful funeral homes in both Detroit and Pontiac. The Flint Swanson Funeral Home and the other Swanson Funeral Homes around the area are not connected in anyway. They are complete separate entities of one another. Problems first started for the Flint Swanson Funeral Home back in 2004 when it was first fined for repeated business violations. More problems surfaced for Flint Swanson Funeral Home in 2015 when it was fined yet again and their license was suspended. At that time, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) suspended the funeral home’s license, however, funerals continued to operate out of Flint Swanson Funeral Home. The final “nail in the coffin” for Flint Swanson Funeral Home was in 2017 when neighbors began to report a foul stench of decomposing human flesh coming from the funeral home. These reports prompted LARA to come back for another inspection of Flint Swanson Funeral Home. Inspectors had found the funeral home to be in deplorable and unsanitary conditions. They found maggots crawling all over the floor and the maggots led them to nearly a dozen human corpses that were unrefrigerated and stacked up along the walls in cardboard-boxes. After this was the second time that LARA had visited the funeral home and discovered rotting human corpses and even more horrific conditions inside, they were left with no other choice except to permanently close Flint Swanson Funeral Home. Although this seemed to be the end for Flint Swanson Funeral Home, it was not the end for owner, O’Neil Swanson II. Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) learned he had been advertising and selling prepaid funeral contracts without a proper license. Investigators from LARA also found that he illegally deposited prepaid funeral funds into his business account that was used for personal spending, instead of depositing that money into an escrow account, which is required by law. O’Neil Swanson II eventually was sentenced to pay $75,000 restitution to avoid prison time. Swanson Funeral Home still sits abandoned today. The neighbors continue to keep an eye on the former funeral home and will certainly notify the police if anyone is seen near the property. Luckily, the police at the end of this video were extremely nice and let us go without getting in trouble. All they wanted was a tour of the abandoned funeral home.
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Exploring Abandoned Dentist Office With Everything Left Inside
The abandoned dental clinic was originally built in 1955 as a small neighborhood medical clinic. At some point in time, the medical clinic was converted into a private dental clinic. It remained a dental clinic until it eventually closed in 2019. As of 2021, the dental clinic is still abandoned. The abandoned dental clinic features 5 dental exam rooms, each a different unique color; a laboratory, an x Ray room, a main office, and then a lobby with a small reception and waiting area. The abandoned dental clinic left everything behind including all of the dental supplies and equipment. The lobby includes old magazines and pamphlets and paint peel on the chairs and floor from the decaying ceiling. In the main hallway leading to the office, there was even a large collage of old photos of patients and former patients. The office had al the supplies, paperwork, patient charts, dental and medical books, and even more photos of people hanging on the wall. Rest In Paradise Rebecca. You are truly loved and missed by everyone.
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Exploring Abandoned Sanatorium That Turned Into A Prison Hospital
Exploring Abandoned Sanatorium That Turned Into A Prison Hospital The abandoned prison hospital was originally built in the early 1900s as a tuberculosis hospital. It was operated as such for many years before being converted to a prison hospital sometime in the 1980s. In 2010, the prison hospital was closed down due to state budget cuts within the state department of corrections. It has been abandoned ever since. The abandoned prison hospital first served tuberculosis patients for over 75 years and then state prisoners for the next 27 years can only mean one thing.....some say its haunted! There has been many documented cases and stories that talk about the haunting history of this abandoned prison hospital. The story is that the state prison employees who now look over the abandoned property never go up to the 3rd floor because of cold spots, murmuring voices, children's laughter, and even “bad vibes” that all occur whenever anyone goes up there. With over 100 years of past patients and prisoners energy left behind, one can only begin to imagine what truly awaits them if they dare to venture inside.
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