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So, back in like 2000 I went on a road trip and drove back through Canada and into the US through Detroit. On the way I stayed at a B&B near Toronto and ended up going to the crazy old building that used to be an asylum or hospital.
Here's a pic:
I went down into the basement and you could see the little rooms where they locked people in, crazy. Anyways, any of you Info-Canucks able to help me out with figuring out where this place was or what it might be called?
It's a long shot but people here rock. And I did post a Yahoo! Question yesterday but no luck yet.
I can't remember the name of the B&B, it was basically this old lady's house. I'm going to see my friend that went on the trip with me this weekend. Maybe I can pry some more details from her on Saturday.
I think we're close with: WHITBY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
but it doesnt sound quite right because they started building a new hospital there in 1993 and I dont remember any new buildings being about.
Mcgyver 02-06-2006, 07:20 PM The TSME board worked long and hard to come up with the most apropos meeting location, of course there was only one serious contender: 999 Queen Street W. for those not from Toronto that’s Toronto's most infamous mental hospital, a good old fashioned asylum from the mid 1800's. In fact it was so infamous the changed the name to the queen street mental health centre, and the 999 carried such a stigma they changed the address to 1001. No kidding.
Notwithstanding all tax payer’s money spent on the image makeover, once a month on a Friday evening, all kinds of deranged, challenged and frightening characters descend on the amphitheater (its a teaching hospital affiliated with UofT and has a couple of large amphitheaters)
And that led me to google 999 Queen Street W. , where I found
1001 Queen Street West has been home to a mental health facility for 150 years. On January 26, 1850, the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, as it was then known, first opened its doors. Throughout the years there have been numerous name changes -- the Toronto Lunatic Asylum, the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, "999 Queen Street" and the Queen Street Mental Health Centre. The site was a Provincial Psychiatric Hospital operated by the Government of Ontario until 1998 when the Provincial Psychiatric Hospitals began to be transformed into Public Hospitals.
Could that be the place? It doesn't look exactly like your picture, but it's a watercolor rendition from how it looked in the 1900's. If not, then Toronto must have a lot of freaky old asylums with crazy backstories
^^^After spending the last hour searching/googling for Chico and emailing with him - yes indeed - Toronto has a BUNCH of freaky old asylums - there must have been tons of crazy people in Canada
I also found the Century Manor House on youtube - which was a slightly freaky ghost hunter type episode but as there were electric lights all over - I don't think that was the place
Last Edit: Mar 2, 2010 13:42:46 GMT -5 by Meg - Back to Top
Well apparently they aren't members of the Federation of Ontario B & B Association b/c I just looked at every single one of these and none of the pics match. www.fobba.com/member/bus_name.cfm
This one came really close to the architecture but isn't it. tinyurl.com/yayx485
;D
I do think it was within about 1 to 2 hours of Toronto though.