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UER Forum > US: Northeast > Eugenics State School (Viewed 1249 times)
Philodis 


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Eugenics State School
< on 2/21/2021 3:38 AM >
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Trying to keep up the momentum here. We must be setting a record. This has to be the most active the northeastern board has been in years and it feels great!

I made this a quick trip since the first building I got into didn't have a tunnel connection. Then a worker boxed me in minutes after I found that out... then the cops showed up... But sometimes it just so happens people pay more attention to you rather than less, even if you don't want them to...

This was originally a residential institution for people with epilepsy before merging with another similarly custodial institution to become what I would think of as a tradition State School. Like many such institutions, its purpose and layout was primarily influenced by eugenics. The architecture is more stark compared with earlier institutional campuses built to assist rather than confine people with developmental disabilities. The particular cottage I visited is cruciform in design, which is quite common at State Schools across the northeast where they exist in near carbon copy form on many different campuses. Having seen more than a few of these over the years, its important to take time to remember the hundreds of individual people who once lived in these places.

1) Dormitory



2) Looking down the length of the cross




3) Fireproof stairs



4) Many of the people who lived here rarely if ever went home to visit their families



5) In some places there was more graffiti than others



6) Added protection to keep people from falling, or jumping down between the stairs. Its a common design feature, but I've never seen one quite like this



7. Looking down



8. This was most likely a day room or a workshop



9. Milk glass lamp; kids love the way these explode, so I was both surprised and very pleased to see so many left intact



10. Some kind of buckle and strap; part of a mobility device if I had to guess. Probably a safety feature



11. 'Changes in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins: The possibility of dolphins possessing a sophisticated communication system had been a discussion of considerable debate...' Your guess is as good as mine...



12. Sun porch



13. 'Beckman Type R Dynograph' This was a device for measuring electro-stimulation in deep skeletal muscle



14. 6" tall toilet



15. Paperwork



16. One last day room shot



17. Time to make for the trees!



18. I stopped by this hollowed out paper mill since I was in the area. Not much to see, but kind of pretty in the snow



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Thanks for looking!!









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Re: Eugenics State School
< Reply # 1 on 2/21/2021 10:23 PM >
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Trying to keep up the momentum here. We must be setting a record. This has to be the most active the northeastern board has been in years and it feels great!


Def gotta keep it going!




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< Reply # 2 on 2/22/2021 12:03 AM >
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The lighting is what makes it, I love 1, 5, and 12. Looks like a nice place to spend the day.




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got mill?

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< Reply # 3 on 2/22/2021 2:18 AM >
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Great stuff! Nice work bringing out the soft colors. 7 & 12 are my favorites.
Keep dodging those workers.




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< Reply # 4 on 2/23/2021 6:28 PM >
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12,17 and 20 are my favorites. Something about the light hitting objects or going through windows from the side.




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< Reply # 5 on 2/28/2021 2:46 AM >
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The lighting is what makes it, I love 1, 5, and 12. Looks like a nice place to spend the day.


Thanks! It was a bright and airy building, the way it was intended. One of the better spots we have kicking around these parts still despite how hard the kids work to trash it!

Posted by C. Enzo
Great stuff! Nice work bringing out the soft colors. 7 & 12 are my favorites.
Keep dodging those workers.


You know I'd really rather the workers dodged me, but I haven't quite figured out the logistics on that one.

Posted by BoredFun27
12,17 and 20 are my favorites. Something about the light hitting objects or going through windows from the side.


Thank you! Its a great time of year for sunbeams slanting through the window. The sun's still pretty low on the horizon even at midday. Just give it another month or so and I'll be cursing it for blowing out all my window shots.





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Re: Eugenics State School
< Reply # 6 on 6/10/2021 8:21 PM >
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I love the lighting in number 19, and I always love seeing cards and pictures left behind.

Great shots!




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