2nd Floor
Hayswood Hospital
Maysville, Kentucky
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This past Saturday I had the opportunity to visit the abandoned Hayswood Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. Scenically overlooking the city, it was constructed in 1925 after the original hospital had become old and outdated. Over the years it received many won many care accredited awards and the US Navy used a portion of the hospital to rehabilitate the mentally injured survivors who survived the attack on pearl harbor. In the early 1980s an earthquake centered near the city caused structural damage to the building and it was abandoned in 1983. After over 30 years of vacancy the 4 story hospital is slowly falling in on itself. Interestingly it seemed to me the further you went up the floors the better condition it was. This area here on the second floor really captured my attention. Although there's a few places in the building that the decay is advanced this room here won the award for the most dilapidated. Numerous holes in the ceiling had created several pools of water throughout the room and on a day as warm as this one the snow melt was creating little waterfalls all around.
Also, so far, I know of two cousins who were born here.
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