What Happened At This Creepy Abandoned Building in Marshall, Texas?
What's the deal with Marshall's creep factor? Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful town. But between one of the creepiest roads in Texas and this building, they probably should've shot Stranger Things 5 here.
Just about anyone who has driven through Marshall has spent a portion of the drive cruising on Highway 80. Hwy 80 stretches for miles from Louisiana all the way through East Texas. So, did you ever notice this 2-story building covered in vines with rows of boarded-up windows? It's now torn down, but I've still got so many questions.
The Creepy Abandoned Building in Marshall, Texas
From the street, it looked like something right out of a horror movie, or a popular 80s-based horror franchise on Netflix. And it was even more spooky at night when the moon shone bright. The building sat about 50 yards off the highway, and it always felt as if you were to spend too much time staring at it, you just might catch someone or something staring back.
So what was this building? Doorway Into The Past, a blog dedicated to answering questions like this regarding places all over the state of Texas, says that this building was the Texas & Pacific Hospital, dating back to the 1920s. It's said to have been closed in the 1960s and, at one point, used as a juvenile detention center. However, for most of the last 60 years, it's sat empty, growing creepier and creepier.
The T&P Hospital served the employees of the Texas & Pacific Railroad. If you take a look at pictures of the back and side of the hospital (you can see them for yourself), this story makes a lot more sense. There was a covered path and a side building that was the emergency room entrance and parking spaces for ambulances.
Well, now, the building has been torn down, thankfully. According to the Marshall News Messenger, the owner of the building had been interested in selling it. However, there was a small asbestos problem. Because of that, it's no longer there. But it'll live on forever in our imaginations.
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