Last year the movie industry was frequently seen using the building. One crew even painted the front of the building a different colour, and renamed it, (to do list, get a picture of it, will share it here when completed ) Unknown if the Sheriffs are still using a small portion of the building, they appear to be not able to stand still on the grounds, moving here, then there, then back there again, rather wasteful of OUR money, and resources.
A few Panoramio pictures of the building, from a few years back.
Northerly
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Southerly
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Front
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A set of
photographs of North Lawn at Flickr
Made me think that I should really get some of the building from the rear; thinking outside of the box, as usual; everybody always just photographs the front, a lot going on in the back too.
North Lawn, was designed with 230 beds capacity, and was completed February 7 1955 officialy opened on May 4 1955 by Hon. Wesley D. Black, Provincial Secretary. Patients moved in on May 10, 1955
Building contract was awarded to the Kennett Construction Company, on May 5, 1953 cost $1,648,400, the Company started on May 12. The building was designed to focus on pulmonary tuberculosis, but also could deal with any infectious disease, the building contained closed isolation wards.
