137 Comments Posted by Sarah

Mr Motts, would definitely be interested in the Fernald pix!!

It almost looks like an abandoned train station rather than a hospital.

So sad... That building is just left to rot away when it could be used to for so many purposes. Amazingly beautiful site, Mr. Mots. Been a fan for many many years. So happy to see new content!!

I believe the stripe on the floor indicated which ward it was, sort of like a guide.

I absolutely LOVE the contrast of colors in this one!

Perhaps the black color was used for shadowing???

I love this bathroom!

In the mid to late 80's I was in Dejarnette for two terms, one for a little over a year and the other for 11 months. During this time I was on both adolescent wards, DJ1 and DJ2. This place was the stereotypical mental hospital inside and outside. The units had about eight rooms on both sides, it was separated in the middle by the staff station,day room and bathrooms. The boys on one side of the hall girls on the other. There was one room that was converted to a time out room. Just a gym mat on the floor.
The solariums on the upper two floors were used for the adolescent smoking areas. The lowest level of the building was for the children 12 and younger, hence the crazy murals on the walls. It was painted the "calming" color of sea green when I was there. The rooms were fairly large, with one to a room. Huge windows were covered in steel mesh that had a lock.
The DJ1 and DJ2 units are almost identical. Now as an adult, I would love to return to visit the hospital to take photos of this historical structure. Its an breathtakingly beautiful place that holds a lot of unusual history.

I know of 2 people who fell off the Skyliner ride due to operator error. There were supposed to be 2 people working the ride, one to hit the STOP button and one to help you into the seats. Only one person was working the ride at the time and they were pushed off the edge before they could be secured in the seat. 1 person suffered a broken ankle. After that the drop off at the loading area was altered to a ramp instead of a steep drop.

I went there when I was little. It's definitely nostalgic, sad and a bit creepy seeing these photos. You do great work!

Didn't they use to pull out the teeth of little kids who would bite people with that chair? it's sad how cruel people can be when they simply don't understand something... that is what I call ignorance...

rocky point has a walking path now ..the park is mostly dismantled and fences off....the dinning hall is still up and the poles to the skyline and there is a larger building you see further down the path ..im curios as to what that is...at the vrery end of the path there are old beach houses..i like to call it shack town..does anyone know why the houses are fenced in with the park? the park closed a year b4 i was born but im so intrgued by it becasue family members have so many memories from there..

my father was in and out of pilgram state hosp. from 1957 to 1965. He was an acholic. does anyone know if the building they kept alcholics are still up. by the way he died there. would like to go visit the place again.

my father was an alcoholic. his frist trip to pilgram state hospital was when he got the dt's.that was around 1957 when i was 15. thereafter he was there and many other state hosp. mostly pilgram state. i remember visiting him in those scary builings. it seems he always wanted to be admitted late at nite. the last nite we admitted him we go a telegram the next morn. telling us he was dead. i was always told he choked. years later i was told he was murdered that nite. cant say i missed him. that was a nitemare life.

i loved it