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There were so many orbs (caused by lens refractions, dust particles, etc.) found in the photographs taken in the
museum, that we do not mention them individually in this section of the investigation report. See the Unusual Photos
section of the report for details on those photographs. The basement is not open to the public during the normal
operation of the museum, except for the kitchen area which is used when the museum is rented out for events or
dinners.
For additional photographs of the Basement of the Strawberry Hill
Museum see our first investigation..
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This Back Room is just beyond the old Recreation Room, and is currently used for
storage. Behind Shawn in the picture on the left, a large nativity scene can be seen from a church that had closed
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The Boiler Room is all pipes, wires, and ducts. The building has a new boiler to
support the steam-heat that keeps it warm. The museum staff turned off the boiler during the investigation due
to the loud noises that the steam-heat can make throughout the house when it is running. |
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The Canning Room is a strange barrel-shaped room with an arched ceiling. The walls
were once fully insulated with layers of natural cork. Canned goods were stored in this room so that they would
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The building, with its 42 rooms, was just too large to full investigate
during the four hour investigation. Since this was our second investigation at the Strawberry Hill Museum, we focued
in on specific locations. This time around we focused away from the basement and spent very little time investigating
in these eight areas....
RECREATION ROOM - The Recreation
Room is in the basement directly beneath the Chapel. During the time the building was an orphanage it served as
a place where the children could come and play. Very little if anything has been done to the room since the orphanage
was converted to a museum in 1988. The word "RECREATION" is still painted in big block letters on the
wall.
BASEMENT NORTH ROOM - This
room is unfinished, like most of the basement of the building. We didn't spend very much time in this room. Very
recently a new floor has been poured in this room and a work-bench was put in here.
GARAGE AND WORKSHOP - The garage and the workshop area are closely connected
and seperated by a strange wall that is one brick thick. The wall is literally 3 inches thick (the width of one
brick) from floor to ceiling, with morter sloppily running down one side of it. There are no reports of strange
activity in these two areas.
BASEMENT CENTRAL ROOM - This large room is the central area of the basement.
The power conduits, pipes, and wiring in this room combined with the low ceiling made everyone entering this room
have to duck their way through it.
BASEMENT EAST ROOM AND CLOSET - This room is also used for storage. The closet
holds a set of large stained glass windows from a nearby church that was torn down. Beatiful windows.
BASEMENT WEST ROOM - The
west room was nothing more than a room to pass through to get to other parts of the basement. It was largely empty.
LAUNDRY ROOM - This was
the laundry room for the orphanage, and still holds the huge industrial-sized washers and dryers used to clean
all of the dirty laundry that a large orphanage could produce. Francie, our host for the evening and a member of
the museum staff, worked in this laundry room as a young girl.
BIG KITCHEN, SIDE ROOM, AND PANTRY
- This was the orphanage's kitchen, a food preparation room, and the pantry. Its an industrial kitchen, with large
refridgeration units, a huge stove and ovens, and a dumb-waiter to transport food from the basement to the 1st
floor. It is still used when the Strawberry Hill Museum is rented out for events or dinners. This is one of the
rooms where the "Lady in Red" has been seen. See the Background section from our original investigation
for more details. |
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