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The Pest House-Knightstown Indiana

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  • Interesting read... I really find the atmosphere in this photo wonderful. I feel like I'm standing in front of it. It looks like the weather is wrestling. I love these kinds of days.

    JessieGlatts, 3 years ago | Flag

  • Normally, I'd say, "What about your perpendiculars? but the eeriness just screams for a more oblique treatment and you accomplished it exceedingly well with this image. I really like the blood red door. My goodness, we're all getting into the Halloween spirit. Is here a corn down at he bottom of the hill?


    But you're the master. Congrats as always.

    crenshawa, 3 years ago | Flag

  • Excellent photo and the history behind it adds another dimension.

    markduq, 3 years ago | Flag
Uploaded By: MarkSeanOrr
3 years ago
Level: Artist, Community Ambassador
Points: 195355
Description:

In 1902 the Pest House served as the place of quaranteen for an epidemic of smallpox. By mid-July the Knightstown toll had shot to 81 cases. During the epidemic Knightstown
was like a city of the dead. All business in Knightstown was paralyzed, weeds, corn and other vegetation grew up all over town, hitching racks in the town square were overgrown
with weeds as tall as six feet. Hardly any business was transacted for nearly two and one-half months.This is how the house looks today in 2010. Knightstown in Henry County was the setting for the fictional town of Beardstown in the epic novel "Raintree County" by Ross Lockridge Jr.

Mark Orr
Nikon D40X
HDR 

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