Old Davis Hospital Research Paper

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Old Davis Hospital

Leonardo da Vinci said “Art is never finished, only abandoned.” I am sharing this quotes to tell you about the Old Davis hospital in Statesville, North Carolina. The Old Davis hospital is a hospital that was abandoned sometime around 1980. This hospital had potential until its founder passed away on the hospital grounds. Within the the hospital you can see rust eating away at the cold metal equipment that used to save lives. You can smell and also taste the mold that’s growing of of the tinged walls. You can hear the rasping wind blowing through the broken windows, and you can feel how cold and damp the wind is. The only question is, who or what could be lurking around with us? As soon as you walk into what once was a hospital, you see rust marks on everything. Including whats left over of beds, Pipes and medical tools. You see debris from the ceiling tiles falling and trash from the homeless and teenagers who come to be mischievous with their friends. There are various charts and books from when the hospital was in use everywhere you turn. Everywhere you walk there are various papers and broken wood to step on. On the walls you can see the mold and mildew sprouting off the sides.
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I found this to be true, its a quiet sad sound, like they want to get out and do get that option. You see broken pipes and you can hear water slowly dripping off of them. Its disturbing, hearing creepy screaming and moaning at the same time. You can also hear the howling wind coming through the windows while. Sounds so painful to the ear, you want to leave but cant, its to interesting to leave. As I mentioned earlier about the teenager and homeless coming in here, you question how they can take this all night, how they don’t get scared and leave. You can hear the outdated floor creek with every step. Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it

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