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Rockland Psychiatric Center: an Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital in Orangeburg, NY
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Rockland Psychiatric Center
Located in Orangeburg, NY
Built: 1927
Opened: 1931
Age: 97 years
Closed: N/A
Demo / Renovated: 2018
Decaying for: N/A
Last Known Status: Being demolished or renovated (although buildings on campus remain in operation)
Rockland Psychiatric Center History
In 1927, construction began on this massive state hospital which stretched across 600-acres of rural farmland, and would provide over 5,700 beds. The old methods of massive single-building asylums (such as the Kirkbride plan) had been discarded by this time, and so the hospital used a cottage-style layout, which optimally placed patients and services within separate buildings, connected by paths, walkways, and tunnels. It opened in 1931, and was considered one of the best planned psychiatric hospitals in the world at the time.
Despite the massive capacity of the hospital, it was plagued by overcrowding like most other institutions during the mid-20th century; over 9,500 patients would be crammed into day rooms, hallways, and any other space that could be found during 1956. De-institutionalization movements emphasized outpatient care in the 1970s, and the patient population has dwindled to fewer than 600; mostly for the very disturbed who need 24-hour care. A plethora of concrete and stucco buildings have been left behind, deemed surplus by the state.
In 2018, demolition of the many abandoned buildings had commenced.
Photos of Rockland Psychiatric Center
Bowl-A-Rama
Photos: 19
Shot: October 2006
Posted: February 2015
Infiltration
Photos: 31
Shot: November 2004
Posted: November 2004