Photo: "The Last Dawn"

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Dawn inside Building F at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania. 

Mayview State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital constructed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1892. It remained in operation for over 100 years before the last building closed in 2008. Currently the hospital is undergoing demolition and many of the buildings have already been torn down.

Photo: "Sight"

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Construction of the Waldo Hotel in Clarksburg, West Virginia was completed in 1904. Designed by Harrison Alrbight, this seven story hotel was of the Beax-Arts style and was one of the most ornate hotels in West Virginia, costing $400,000 to build. It contained a three-story lobby, with wrap around balconies, mosaic tiles and a marble grand staircase.