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I am sure the newly renovated areas were not built with the old thick lathe and plaster or concrete block walls. Probably just sheetrock and insulation. Too bad they did not act sooner and could have saved the old and better construction.

Tardy to the party, but I just want to point out the stains on the stokes basket. Looks like it could have been a rather traumatic injury to the last patient. Or not, But it is a mighty stain.

My parents, both physicians studied here for their psychiatric rotation in medical school in the late 1920's. They often spoke of this hospital, but I had never seen photos of what they described during their period there. It is a shame that such a beautiful group of buildings has gone to decay, when there was such fascinating information re: the positive/ negative developments in the history of psychiatric care that took place there. It was exciting to see what is left of the labs and classrooms, however. What an architectural, financial, and human disaster this group of buildings represents! Would that it could have been rescued and put to good, humane use for education of medical personnel and care of patients!

I want more pics. I am going on here again on friday, If I dont see more pics i'll be upset.

Evidence of another disastrous attempt to harness the energy of Mentos and cola mixed together . . . how many more must perish?!

They took down the main building. The first day they started , the sky got grey and dark then rained. They stopped working that day.
Now my questiom is... WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CEMETERY THAT IS ON THE GROUNDS? Did they build over it?

240 solitary room wow

wow thats crazy

lets see stuff that isnt allowed bec i have went to skool there and i can tell u ppl that it is wat it seid it is i would lik to know what type of treaments did they do there and where are the padded room at

hey where is this place
i am very intrested about these things

The reserves in Oregon has been destroyed. The government hired several individuals to destroy the reserves in Oregon.

(By the way; William is not my real name. I still trying to keep the skeleton of my past in the closet)

As a person who spent most of his young life in mental facilities I can tell you we (as a society) still do lock people up "and throw away the key." It is very, very easy to get anyone committed, all you have to do is prove that they are a danger to themselves or others; then once the person has any kind of history of mental problems you can have them committed at the drop of a hat. As I became older I worked as a commercial plumber on quite a few remodel jobs at several hospitals including a some very, very old ones (100+ years). One such hospital is located in Washington, DC; during the remodel there I can across old storage rooms in areas that had been closed for asbestos issues, where I found many, many boxes of records. Also in the basement of one of the sealed building were flooded tunnels that when pumped dry revealed a large room with a dirt floor that had graves in it. It was later found out that during the civil war that one of the hospital graveyards was moved due to several high ranking officials and high ranking prisoners being buried there. It was originally intended that the bodies just be stored until such time as they can be returned to their final resting place. The reason they were buried was to keep down on the spread of scavenging animals and the smell. each grave was marked with a simple cross and a small brass plate with a number fastened to it. The numbers were then supposed to correspond with the name of an individual written down in a ledger. Unfortunately like most treasure in history, the ledger was lost or destroyed, nobody no for sure but it was rumored to have been lost in a fire; it was also rumored that some of the people buried there were famous leaders and the government has covered up the loss of their bodies with fake graves. (I will not state what leaders i have heard that were buried there, but needless to say it's unbelievable if the rumor is true.) Anyway back to the topic of the age of the records in the boxes in this picture; I'm 35 so the woman that said that all these patients were probably dead, your probably wrong. The mental hospital I was at when I was younger was opened in 1850 and is still operating to this day in North Carolina. I left that hospital in 1995 and my files were closed in 1997. So yes there is a very REAL possibility that the patients whose histories are in this photo are still alive and well.

I'll be looking forward to your Sunburst Set. :-)

(By the way; William is not my real name. I still trying to keep the skeleton of my past in the closet)

As a person who spent most of his young life in mental facilities I can tell you we (as a society) still do lock people up "and throw away the key." It is very, very easy to get anyone committed, all you have to do is prove that they are a danger to themselves or others; then once the person has any kind of history of mental problems you can have them committed at the drop of a hat. As I became older I worked as a commercial plumber on quite a few remodel jobs at several hospitals including a some very, very old ones (100+ years). One such hospital is located in Washington, DC; during the remodel there I can across old storage rooms in areas that had been closed for asbestos issues, where I found many, many boxes of records. Also in the basement of one of the sealed building were flooded tunnels that when pumped dry revealed a large room with a dirt floor that had graves in it. It was later found out that during the civil war that one of the hospital graveyards was moved due to several high ranking officials and high ranking prisoners being buried there. It was originally intended that the bodies just be stored until such time as they can be returned to their final resting place. The reason they were buried was to keep down on the spread of scavenging animals and the smell. each grave was marked with a simple cross and a small brass plate with a number fastened to it. The numbers were then supposed to correspond with the name of an individual written down in a ledger. Unfortunately like most treasure in history, the ledger was lost or destroyed, nobody no for sure but it was rumored to have been lost in a fire; it was also rumored that some of the people buried there were famous leaders and the government has covered up the loss of their bodies with fake graves. (I will not state what leaders i have heard that were buried there, but needless to say it's unbelievable if the rumor is true.) Anyway back to the topic of the age of the records in the boxes in this picture; I'm 35 so the woman that said that all these patients were probably dead, your probably wrong. The mental hospital I was at when I was younger was opened in 1850 and is still operating to this day in North Carolina. I left that hospital in 1995 and my files were closed in 1997. So yes there is a very REAL possibility that the patients whose histories are in this photo are still alive and well.

I'm glad you're enjoying the photos - thank you for recounting your experiences here! Parts of the hospital had been demolished quite some time ago (the "String of Pearls" on the West side of Carleton Ave), and other buildings were rehabilitated to become part of the NYIT college campus. I've really only been able to explore the Corcoran Building (these photos) and the Sunburst Building (upcoming sets).

It would be interesting if you could find your two buildings on a map, and see if they still stand...

http://msrmaps.com/ima...5&Y=5643&W=3