Posted February 16, 200718 yr The original set of Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Hospital photographs were taken on November 9, 2003 using a Nikon Coolpix 7500. My photography skills were not the greatest, however, I have remastered some of the more noteworthy images, correcting the tilt and doing color adjustments. I tried to salvage as much as I could; all were taken in JPEG originally, but I tried to minimize the artifacts in the images. Here is a batch that were corrected -- Dining Hall Kitchen First floor The following two images were never added, so they are available for the first time :) Second floor Exteriors Comments welcome! Enjoy, and hopefully soon I can get another batch up!
February 16, 200718 yr I never thought I'd see Waverly Hills on this site. This place is quite near and dear to me as I used to live quite close, within walking distance, actually (though I mostly road my bike there as well as walked). At that time it was well-kept and an old peoples home. There where other abandonded structures on the property, some in ruins, which are now gone. The main hospital, which is featured here, and the grounds, where still in good shape, though. There where some great views from the front part of the hospital over the Ohio Valley to the knobs over in Indiana, and even better views of the roof, where you could look out over the surroundng hills and forests. The place was like a castle, visible from all around, particularly from Pages Lane down off of Dixie, or from the surrounding hills and nearby golf course (back before the trees grew to obscure the views). The name Waverly Hills predates the sanitorium. The property belonged to the Page family, who had hired a young schoolteacher from Nashville to teach their and the neighbors kids at a little one room schoolhouse (this was before public education). The teacher was fan of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly novels, and named the school the Waverly School. Col. Page liked the name and borrowed it for his farm, calling it Waverly Hill. The sanitorium kept the name when the property was aquired. A bit of Civil War trivia is that the Page property, Waverly Hill, was a recruiting site for the CSA during the Civil War as this part of Jefferson County was pro-South. I know nowadays there is this big paranormal subculture thing around the place, but during my time it wasn't so sinster. The foreign language clubs in my high school used to go there every Christmas season to sing Christmas carols to the old folks. And yes we all knew about the "death tunnel". In fact I and some freinds explored it once, all the way up the hill to the locked door that led into the basement, I guess. There also used to be some old barns and such associated with the place, in the hollows northeast of the building, set in a stand of Virginia pine. All very scenic.
February 28, 200718 yr Here are additional photographs that were remastered from the original image files taken on November 9, 2003. The photographs, taken with my Nikon Coolpix 4500, were digitally enhanced using Adobe Photoshop CS3 to correct numerous flaws. Enjoy this set of Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Hospital! Colored Doors Look down Going down This is where the elevator control room was located at. In the following two photographs, imagine a playground located here at one time, surrounded by a high fence. Baked Patient rooms Patient rooms were on the left. They were wheeled out into the hallway where they would be bathed in sunlight, a 'remedy' in the days before medicinal treatments. The desolate hallway
March 16, 200718 yr whoever took the pictures must have been pretty retarded to go into a dangerouse abandoned hospital. But other than that its pretty cool.
March 17, 200718 yr You could do some research and find out that they do offer tours! When I went, they were not offering the tours but were gracious enough to let me wander about. I've been doing this since 1998 with no incidents and no mishaps, which I attribute to my preparation before each trip. Plus, I obtain permission for the vast majority of the places I attempt. You'd be suprised at how easy it is to get permission to even the most disused property... And how long does it take to figure out that the one who took the photographs was... *me*? :P Please keep any inflammatory comments out (i.e. "retarded").
March 17, 200718 yr sorry, but ya gotta be careful, people can get hurt in those places and never found. kinda creepy...
March 18, 200718 yr sorry, but ya gotta be careful, people can get hurt in those places and never found. kinda creepy... what are you, his mother?
March 18, 200718 yr I'm starting to wonder myself. No one has gotten hurt or "never found" on any exploration I've been to. If you take the proper precautions, you can be as safe as you desire.
March 18, 200718 yr I agree with seicer; pay attention and use common sense, and you'll be OK. A moment of inattention, prowling a long-abandoned textile mill that was undergoing demolition, and doing it late in the evening when the light was poor, almost cost me a three-story fall. It was my own foolishness that put me at risk.
March 19, 200718 yr If I recall right this place is built like a fort. It is reinforced concrete frame with concrete floor slabs. The safety issues are probably more tripping hazards and falling brick and coping from the exterior walls (and I wouldnt trust those parapets, either). An earlier owner was going to tear down the hospital and put up a giant Christ statute and evangelism center up on the hill. He tried to get the hospital to fall by attempting to undermine the foundations via excavation, which is why one sees so much bare earth around the foundation in the pix. The base of the building wasnt always like that, and had some dense, but low, ground cover planted around the base (and a road around the back).
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