The Molly Stark Hospital was built in the 1920s and served as a treatment center for patients with tuberculosis. In the 1950s, when TB was no longer a threat, it was converted into a center for the mentally ill, and then eventually closed in 1995. The county parks eventually bought the building and the 35 acre property and turned it into a park. The hospital is entirely boarded up, complete with "No Trespassing" signs and chains on the doors. However, there are many, many broken windows and the locals teenagers spend a lot of their time trying to find ways to sneak in.

The Molly Stark Hospital, like any creepy old abandoned building, is said to be haunted, but who knows. It is, however, hauntingly beautiful, with it's arches and tangled crawling ivy, and it was hard trying to suppress the urge to shimmy up a drain pipe into one of the second floor windows; I'm certain that there are some awesome photo opportunities lurking inside. But there are probably some other things lurking too, so we stuck to taking our pictures where it was safe :)

As you'll see, the lovely architecture and creeping ivy made an excellent backdrop for showing off the beautiful gown.

                                       

                              
























You can check out more photos from the shoot on my Flickr account.

Many thanks to SimplyBridal.com! The lovely gown in the pictures is the Claire, and it is even more beautiful in real life.

A BIG thanks to my models, Rachel and Daniel, who had never even met each other but still managed to pull it off :)