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Anonymous
“I was leaving a patient’s apartment at the old northwest Texas hospital and as I passed the chapel, I had to move to the side because somebody was walking out of the door as I was passing it and when I turned to say, excuse me, there was no one there!”
“I was leaving a patient’s apartment at the old northwest Texas hospital and as I passed the chapel, I had to move to the side because somebody was walking out of the door as I was passing it and when I turned to say, excuse me, there was no one there!”
"Worked there in the 90s. It’s haunted. The old nuns quarters above the cafeteria was creepy and the 4th floor of newer bld (psych wardeven more so !:). The iron lung they have in the BSA campus now came from the nuns quarters there!!"
- Ta Tum
i worked for a Medical Records company that stored old medical records in the basement after it closed. I was required to go retrieve files from there.
There was normally just a security guard there and nobody else, but I would always catch movement out of the corner of my eyes.
Numerous cold spots and always felt like I wasn't alone.
After the 3rd day there, I mentioned to the security guard that it felt like there were so many people down there.
He just chuckled and said, "well of course there are. This used to be the morgue".
I didn't give 2 weeks notice. I left right then! The shortest amount of time ever on a job!
- Frances Camp Frost
Built: 1924 Architect: Guy A. Carlander Address: 2209 SW 6th Avenue, Amarillo TX 79106
The original Northwest Texas Hospital** opened on March 22, 1924.
While St. Anthony's Hospital opened in 1902, Northwest Texas Hospital was the city’s first public medical facility and second hospital overall.
Designed by renowned architect Guy A. Carlander, the stark brown and white building was built in the Gothic Revival style with pointed turrets on top.
The original hospital was located between West Sixth and Seventh Avenues and held 75 beds.
- In 1940, a 75-bed addition was built on to the hospital as part of FDR's Public Works Administration program.
- In 1952 and 1960 expansions raised the capacity to 275 beds.
- In 1967, Northwest opened the new Psychiatric Pavilion, an acute mental-health facility with 20 beds.
- By 1982, NWTH relocated to the current day facilities on Coulter Street
Following the relocation, the building became “The Canyons,” a low-income retirement community that closed in the 2020s.
The building now holds private apartments.
Where it happened
The Larsson-Historic Apartments, 2200, Southwest 7th Avenue, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, 79106, United States
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