Really good job on the video man. but if you go 21 seconds into the video and pause it for a couple of seconds you will see at least 3 faces or what appears to be faces in the windows if you look very closely. my wife pointed it out and had to stop and look. she's very good at finding things over others.
i find it sad that people vandalize historical places like the state hospital... it makes me SO MAD!! they have no right to be doing this... someone broke a HUGE hole in one of the walls there... spray painted all over the buildings... broke the windows... i am really pissed right now. >:(
my great great great grandmother and my great great grandmother worked at the state hospital... did anyone know that they did shock treatment there? i go to the state hospital all the time and the place has a sadness in the air... they did lots of strange (really strange) treatment there in the early years.
My dad works maintenance at the hospital ive been in their with him to get some stuff they stored in their for a while it was pretty creepy, im 14 by the way.
what was that cement circle used for? the one with all the grafiti at 1:10? i went on it the other day and it creeped me out because i didn't know what it was
@sassy000123 i'm not sure what it would be... i've explored the grounds of the state hospital and i somehow didn't see that circle... I MUST SEE IT THE NEXT TIME I GO THERE!!!
Yes I do realize all of that. The buildings are beautiful, but i am not convinced the patients were treated nicely. Based on some accounts, it sounded as if the patients were prisoners. If you visit the grounds, you can feel sorrow in the air. Although it would have been creepy, i think it would have been cool if they turned the grounds into a university. I go to nmc, and the layout of buildings on campus is horrible.
I lived on the State Hospital grounds in the mid 60's. My father was a Doctor there and patients tended gardens on the grounds and were bussed to cherry orchards in the area to earn money. Patients were allowed to freely roam the grounds and the forrested area behind our house. Patients had access to large porches on the front of the houses and the grounds were park like with large trees.
I know exactly where you used to live. It's a shame they let that house and the other cottages go to shit-although they are renovating the one cottage directly behind building 50. If you are still in the area, i'd like to know more about the grounds, as I am very interested in its rich history. There are few places left like the old traverse city state hospital. Probably my favorite place in that entire city is back in those woods where the bench and the bridge are. It's very peaceful.
To the best of my knowledge and my mothers recollection the patients participated in communal activites and canned fresh produce from their garden and raised chickens and maybe even milk cows. I never felt the buildings were creepy. It reminded me of a college campus. I never saw the interior of any of the dormitory buildings and the pictures I've seen seem a little institutional but one has to remember the time that these buildings were constructed.
Yes maybe 10000 people might of died there but do you realize it has been open a little over 100 years. Also there has been a few births in there too. The doctor who was superindentent, Dr. James Decker Munson believed in the in the beauty is therapy philosophy. Restraints, such as the straitjacket were forbidden. unfortunately he passed in 1929.
Really good job on the video man. but if you go 21 seconds into the video and pause it for a couple of seconds you will see at least 3 faces or what appears to be faces in the windows if you look very closely. my wife pointed it out and had to stop and look. she's very good at finding things over others.
JoeyDizzle28 4 months ago
i find it sad that people vandalize historical places like the state hospital... it makes me SO MAD!! they have no right to be doing this... someone broke a HUGE hole in one of the walls there... spray painted all over the buildings... broke the windows... i am really pissed right now. >:(
ShinyOkdak 8 months ago
my great great great grandmother and my great great grandmother worked at the state hospital... did anyone know that they did shock treatment there? i go to the state hospital all the time and the place has a sadness in the air... they did lots of strange (really strange) treatment there in the early years.
ShinyOkdak 8 months ago
ive lived in northern michigan my whole life... been to TC countless times, and never once went to the state hopital :\
sparky247365 10 months ago
awesome video!
DaveSlayer 1 year ago
My dad works maintenance at the hospital ive been in their with him to get some stuff they stored in their for a while it was pretty creepy, im 14 by the way.
napoleon1051 1 year ago
what was that cement circle used for? the one with all the grafiti at 1:10? i went on it the other day and it creeped me out because i didn't know what it was
sassy000123 1 year ago
@sassy000123 i'm not sure what it would be... i've explored the grounds of the state hospital and i somehow didn't see that circle... I MUST SEE IT THE NEXT TIME I GO THERE!!!
ShinyOkdak 8 months ago
@ShinyOkdak I believe that was an old water tank that supplied the hospital.
bulldoghockey27 8 months ago
the place is being totally renovated now. Its a beautiful building
trevinoswife 2 years ago
What and where was the building in the woods, I went there last July and I'm Probably gonna go again this summer,
yungcuz2011187 2 years ago
Yes I do realize all of that. The buildings are beautiful, but i am not convinced the patients were treated nicely. Based on some accounts, it sounded as if the patients were prisoners. If you visit the grounds, you can feel sorrow in the air. Although it would have been creepy, i think it would have been cool if they turned the grounds into a university. I go to nmc, and the layout of buildings on campus is horrible.
bulldoghockey27 3 years ago
I lived on the State Hospital grounds in the mid 60's. My father was a Doctor there and patients tended gardens on the grounds and were bussed to cherry orchards in the area to earn money. Patients were allowed to freely roam the grounds and the forrested area behind our house. Patients had access to large porches on the front of the houses and the grounds were park like with large trees.
jaylipski 2 years ago
Jay,
I know exactly where you used to live. It's a shame they let that house and the other cottages go to shit-although they are renovating the one cottage directly behind building 50. If you are still in the area, i'd like to know more about the grounds, as I am very interested in its rich history. There are few places left like the old traverse city state hospital. Probably my favorite place in that entire city is back in those woods where the bench and the bridge are. It's very peaceful.
bulldoghockey27 2 years ago
To the best of my knowledge and my mothers recollection the patients participated in communal activites and canned fresh produce from their garden and raised chickens and maybe even milk cows. I never felt the buildings were creepy. It reminded me of a college campus. I never saw the interior of any of the dormitory buildings and the pictures I've seen seem a little institutional but one has to remember the time that these buildings were constructed.
jaylipski 2 years ago
@bulldoghockey27
Yes they were NOT treated nicly.
No respect and treated like inmates, when they were
just needing a loving hand and all they got was abuse.
God help them rest in peace,
fr. Lee
kenjixxninja 6 months ago
Yes maybe 10000 people might of died there but do you realize it has been open a little over 100 years. Also there has been a few births in there too. The doctor who was superindentent, Dr. James Decker Munson believed in the in the beauty is therapy philosophy. Restraints, such as the straitjacket were forbidden. unfortunately he passed in 1929.
data129 3 years ago