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The Fate of Molly Stark Hospital Seems Certain
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8-19-2008 12:48 PM
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The lobby's ceiling, however, has deteriorated and chunks of debris have fallen to the floor.REPOSITORY BOB ROSSITER" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=426326&r=0&Category=9&subCategoryID=0"><SPAN class="storyTitle">It's probably too late to save Molly Stark hospital</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=426326&r=0&Category=9&subCategoryID=0"><DIV> Behind its towering brick walls, the pillars and arches adorned with marble and ornate stone decorations is a Molly Stark hospital that many wouldn't recognize. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=426326&r=0&Category=9&subCategoryID=0"><DIV> Age, water leaks and arson have rotted Molly Stark from the inside. Ribbons of old paint stream from the ceilings and walls. Nearly a foot of black ash from the latest arson carpets the floor of a first-floor hallway. And patches of moss grow on the terrazzo flooring where metal-framed beds once held ill patients. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=426326&r=0&Category=9&subCategoryID=0"><DIV> Visitors now must wear protective masks to avoid breathing in toxic fibers from potentially exposed asbestos. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=426326&r=0&Category=9&subCategoryID=0"><DIV> Well beyond repair and a drain on Stark County finances, the building, at 7900 Columbus Rd. 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