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 SpookyDan
   
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
 |  |  |  | Henryton Center
< on 11/7/2005 3:50 PM >
|  | | | My write-up & pics
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The Place:
Henryton Center
Also known as:
"Henryton Sanitarium" and "Henryton Hospital"
Location:
Henryton, MD
Visited:
Yes
Current Owner:
State of Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Baltimore, MD
Background:
Henryton Center is located in a wooded, steeply sloped rural area in the southeast corner of Carroll County. The facility was established in the 1920’s as a tuberculosis hospital for the “Negro” population. Henryton was converted to a facility serving the developmentally disabled population (i.e., mental retardation) in 1962, and closed in 1985. It has been vacant since closing. However, the Maryland State Police currently use the facility on a part-time basis to train police dogs and demonstrate how to conduct searches, etc.
The Henryton campus consists of eighteen buildings, with a total of 228,000 square feet. The campus is located on 46 acres in the middle of Patapsco State Park. The main buildings at Henryton Center include three connecting multi-story structures, built between the 1920’s and 1940, containing approximately 119,000 square feet. The earliest building comprised the original tuberculosis hospital. Two additions were built and renovations were made to the original building between the time of the original construction and 1940. There are also five support buildings located nearby. These were built between 1936 and 1952 and contain approximately 96,000 square feet. Seven small maintenance buildings or sheds scattered throughout the campus were constructed between the 1920’s and 1940 and have a total of 8,000 square feet of space. Finally, there are three other maintenance buildings constructed between 1957 and 1960.
Status:
The property is abandoned and currently for sale and having trouble selling due to environmental issues and the historical value of the buildings some of which cannot be torn down.
Some of the buildings are very deteriorated and heavily vandalized.
Asbestos, mold and lead paint are present in nearly all the buildings.
Posted signs read “danger – asbestos – cancer and lung disease hazard – authorized personnel only – respirators and protective clothing are required in this area”.
The complex is heavily patrolled by the local police. During my visit I saw them drive thru 3 separate times.
Photos:
This is the front of the Administration building.
This is what you will see if you peek into the Administration building (pictured above)
This is a view of the main hospital building from the front parking lot.
This is my favorite shot. Its the main building. Notice the odd glow near the lower left window. Ill say a reflection from another window...
If you walk down the stairs pictured above you will find this creepy utility tunnel under the main building.
A view of the hospital dorm
A view of the hospital dorm
An odd room on the main building
A stairway on the main building
Some old transformers... All the power is off now
What appeared to be the kitchen
A room nearby the kitchen. You can see light coming from the rotted floor above.
One of the 3 times cops drove thru the property.
The staff house... wouldnt wanna live in there
The powerplant. This place made its own power. Steam heat was also generated from this building and piped around the complex.
A nearby railroad tunnel. Said to be the 3rd oldest rail tunnel in the country that is still functional.
Some valves in the powerhouse
A view of the hospital dorm
The residential therapy building. still had nice wood floors
Education and therapy building. Very, very dark inside.
Education and therapy building. Very, very dark inside.
The staff residence
[last edit 11/8/2005 3:51 AM by SpookyDan - edited 2 times]
I fart clouds of asbestos!
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SpookyDan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 1 on 11/7/2005 4:37 PM >
| | | | updated my original post... sorry, didnt need this one
[last edit 11/7/2005 7:15 PM by SpookyDan - edited 1 times]
I fart clouds of asbestos!
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scabskate
Location: Marriottsville, Maryland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 2 on 11/7/2005 10:35 PM >
| | | | Woah....thats a lot of information
Awesome pictures, ive been to Henryton a ton of times and it is probably my favorite location. How'd you get that picture of the cop without him seeing you ?, it looks like you took it from right in the middle of that field
Anyways, good job.
-Matt
[last edit 11/7/2005 10:38 PM by scabskate - edited 1 times]
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Roland
  
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Proud Leader of Brandishing a Firearm on the High Seas UE
| | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 3 on 11/7/2005 10:50 PM >
| | | | How long ago was this trip? I didn't know it's been getting so much police activity lately. And where did you find that map?
Buildings have two natural enemies- water, and bears. |
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SpookyDan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 4 on 11/7/2005 11:11 PM >
| | | | My trip was just a few weeks ago, maybe a month.
I simply asked for permission and they sent a guy out to open the gate for me and let me park at the administration building. The guy slept in his car a few hours while I was free to wonder around. The cops knew of my presence there and stopped to say hey. I just snapped the shot as he was driving off.
I fart clouds of asbestos!
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scabskate
Location: Marriottsville, Maryland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 5 on 11/8/2005 1:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by SpookyDan
I simply asked for permission and they sent a guy out to open the gate for me and let me park at the administration building
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Wow...that is awesome
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andrea
Location: Baltimore MD
Gender: Female
Apparently, I am heinous.
| | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 6 on 11/8/2005 3:35 AM >
| | | | Cool stuff, but I would not post maps with your pictures in public threads...
This isn't boot camp and you are not a ninja. But you sure look like an idiot in that outfit.
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SpookyDan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 7 on 11/8/2005 3:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by andrea
Cool stuff, but I would not post maps with your pictures in public threads...
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ok ok i took down the map
I fart clouds of asbestos!
www.urbanatrophy.com |
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andrea
Location: Baltimore MD
Gender: Female
Apparently, I am heinous.
| | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 8 on 11/8/2005 3:57 AM >
| | | | We post the good maps in the super secret areas later ;)
How long have you lived in MD ?
This isn't boot camp and you are not a ninja. But you sure look like an idiot in that outfit.
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SpookyDan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 9 on 11/8/2005 4:00 AM >
| | | | Posted by andrea
We post the good maps in the super secret areas later ;)
How long have you lived in MD ?
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I have lived in maryland all 24 years of my life. Mainly the abingdon/bel air area now the joppatowne/white marsh area
I need to get into those secret areas so i can post all my "super secret" maps, gps way point entry routes, etc.. 
I fart clouds of asbestos!
www.urbanatrophy.com |
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scabskate
Location: Marriottsville, Maryland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 10 on 11/8/2005 9:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by SpookyDan
I need to get into those secret areas so i can post all my "super secret" maps, gps way point entry routes, etc..
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Haha dont worry you'll get there soon enough ..
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D-rock240
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Male
| | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 11 on 11/9/2005 8:00 PM >
| | | | Posted by SpookyDan
My trip was just a few weeks ago, maybe a month.
I simply asked for permission and they sent a guy out to open the gate for me and let me park at the administration building. The guy slept in his car a few hours while I was free to wonder around. The cops knew of my presence there and stopped to say hey. I just snapped the shot as he was driving off.
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Who did you contact? That's pretty cool that you got permission, everyone here has to walk down the train tracks (although the tunnel is cool)
"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," Katherine Harris said.
separating religion and politics is "wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers." :( |
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SpookyDan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 12 on 11/9/2005 8:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by D-rock240
Who did you contact? That's pretty cool that you got permission, everyone here has to walk down the train tracks (although the tunnel is cool)
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If I gave that up everyone would bug the hell outta the poor guy and he would in-turn be mad at me and I would lose my contact. That = BAD 
I fart clouds of asbestos!
www.urbanatrophy.com |
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D-rock240
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Male
| | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 13 on 11/10/2005 3:48 PM >
| | | | Posted by SpookyDan
If I gave that up everyone would bug the hell outta the poor guy and he would in-turn be mad at me and I would lose my contact. That = BAD
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That's understandable.
"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," Katherine Harris said.
separating religion and politics is "wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers." :( |
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res_novae
Location: NoVA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 14 on 11/12/2005 8:51 PM >
| | | | I assume going in at night would be the best bet if you do not have that contact, or is the security pretty lax if you don't have graffiti cans and crowbars?
Since I lack the super-ninja maps in the black vault, what would be a good place to park before the hike in?
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waffles
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Female
I love twelve dollars just as much as the next guy.
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 15 on 7/31/2006 11:22 PM >
|  | | | I grew up in Carroll County, MD and going to Henryton is the thing to do for bored teenagers.
I was at Henryton Center during the afternoon on Sunday, July 30 (around 12:30/1:00 in the afternoon). I parked to the left of the main gate, right out front, went through the gate and walked up the hill with, backpack with water, flashlights, cameras and two friends. We entered the main building through the open front door, and stayed inside for an hour or so before we climed out onto the roof through the auditorium for a cigarette. We also went through the "school" part, the house to the left of the main building, and the administration building. My friend is convinced that there is a morgue in one of the basements and she needs to find it. I'm not sure that is true, but we're going back Saturday. We took a "dip" in the "pool" but it didn't cool us off as much as we would have liked so we walked down past a small cottage house, the Power House and the railway tunnel, over the railroad tracks and down a path to a river where we swam with a few small children, their parents and a dog. We got a bit scared when a man in a DNR uniform walked down to the river, but he was just asking if we had seen anyone on ATVs.
There is some correct Henryton information at the Carroll County Public Library in Eldersburg (less than five miles from Henryton on Libery Rd next to The Carrolltown Center)m at Carroll Community College and at McDaniel College in Westminster. There used to be a lot of information, pictures and maps at the museum located on the grounds of Springfield State Hospital but they closed the museum when I worked there six years ago. I am going to see if I can call one of the people I used to work with and figure out where all of the information went.
In the mean-time, if anyone has any other information (especially maps) of the inside (crawlspaces and tunnels especially.) My photos will be up as soon as I get a chance to upload them... FUCK FLOWERS! (if you've been, you know what I'm talking about.)
If anyone hasn't gone and wants to, let me know.
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SpookyDan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 16 on 8/1/2006 1:20 AM >
| | | | Someone got shot in the face by a crazy with a .38 at Henryton 2 weeks ago.
I fart clouds of asbestos!
www.urbanatrophy.com |
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res_novae
Location: NoVA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 17 on 8/1/2006 1:56 AM >
| | | | Holy crap...
He wasn't named Dick Cheney was he?
Old, trite, overused, but couldn't pass it up.
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andrea
Location: Baltimore MD
Gender: Female
Apparently, I am heinous.
| | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 18 on 8/1/2006 2:33 AM >
| | | | Posted by SpookyDan
Someone got shot in the face by a crazy with a .38 at Henryton 2 weeks ago.
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Have any links to articles about this ?
This isn't boot camp and you are not a ninja. But you sure look like an idiot in that outfit.
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Impreza
Location: Living out of a suitcase...but from MD
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Henryton Center
<Reply # 19 on 8/1/2006 3:56 AM >
| | | | No articles but a E-mail from the victim
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