Upon the abandonment of the property, in May 1985, the remaining sixteen inmates were forced to other facilities where care surrounded them until their days’ end or were forced to find their own way in the world.

The Infirmary transitioned to county offices for a time after proper equipment was installed to accommodate its new purpose. The structure later succumbed to atrophy where abandonment left it to hold tight its mysteries for the next seven years until Adam Kimmell rescued it from its own estrangement to preserve the history and stories saturating the structure.

Once Adam took over the property a former worker of the Clarence E. Miller building, as it was known after the 1986 renovations, stopped to give his personal encounter of the property. He explained how he worked there between 2000-2004 and mentioned that the third-floor cell imprisoned 10-14 mentally ill patients against their will. The screams persisted throughout the workday as he attempted to drown them out just twenty years ago.

Kimmell further explained when the undertaker drained the deceased to preserve the body after death, the formaldehyde drained into the local water supply through the active stream below the building, poisoning local residents. The stream remains active today.

Adam Kimmell hopes to preserve this ancient relic of Fairfield County’s history and gives tours through the night to see what may linger about once the sun fades into the night and the darkness steers its guests.