Chris Gemignani

2015 Rochester Fringe Festival Lineup

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Inside Rochester's Abandoned Walters Psychiatric Building

(a.k.a. Rochester State Hospital or Monroe County Insane Asylum) is legendary among urban explorers and history fanatics alike. Originally built in the early 1800s as the Monroe County Almshouse (or poorhouse), new buildings and facilities were gradually added to care for the mentally ill.