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I meant to add that Walter Sr. was born in 1878 and died in 1942

I know all about him. That was my grandfather, Walter F. Barry Sr, DDS who was a well established oral surgeon in Orange New Jersey. Walter was married to Anna Walsh (d. circa 1978) and they produced Walter Jr DDS (d. 1951), Frank (my father, d. 1965), Nancy (married to John Rank, DDS of Trenton, d circa 1970), and James (d. 1975). Walter Sr. was also a professor at the Penn School of Dentistry and invented a number of new (at the time) instruments such as elevators and root scalers. I believe some can still be obtained from SS White. Walter was also the occasional dentist for the Roosevelts of Hyde Park., NY.

Walter Sr. was the son of Michael Barry (d. 1922), an Irish immigrant who landed at Ellis Island in 1859 and joined the Union Navy in 1864. (I have his Civil War Medal). I also have a copy of a letter that Michael wrote to Walter Sr. in 1906, when Walter was admitted to the Penn School of Dentistry. Walter Barry Jr., also a Penn graduate and a resident of Orange, NJ, was killed by a lightning strike in Augiust 1951 during a fishing trip on Barnegat Bay, NJ, a few months after I ws born. I found this thread because I googled my grandfather's name to try to find out where he is buried (presumably somewhere in or near Orange, NJ). If anyone wants further information, my e-mail address is sjbarry@ucdavis.edu

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JG
That's when I was there. Who was your older brother? If you don't mind me asking! I thing I would know him.

Your real talented. I'm from new Bedford MA and there is a lot of historical places I would love to photograph...if only I had the know-how.

Awesome. The title and picture go together quite well. Great choice in title.

That is the boiler

Homeless people have been known to frequent the hospital. The blinds are probably from shortly before the hospital closed down in the mid 90's.

Rumor has it that some of the underground tunnels collapsed around the same time you posted this. I hope it isn't true.

Norwich State was a horrible place, but at least it was a place to live. Many of the patients did not recover and spent the majority of their lives there. Sadly, when the hospital was shut down, these people were not given the help they needed. They were just sent out into the world after being so sheltered and some ended up homeless. There are still homeless people who live on the Norwich State Hospital grounds.

From these notes, this woman seemed to be pretty well of at the hospital. At least she wasn't in the criminally insane unit.

Jace
This is in the gym. Back left wall. Near the back stairs

Hey Guys - I`m off to buy some rooftiles there from the demolition co. How cool is that to repair your roof with historic asylum tiles . Good news is they aren`t demolishing ALL of the complex. ! the part @ the East end is being kept and re furbished - the 3 storey part with the conservatory running along it . Won`t start for 2 years but it will be awesome

Spooky but a cool shot

Ooh,maybe it leads to Narnia!

the one in the blue plad shirt was acually a patient i worked for verland and the client i had , had pictures of being there standing when it was painted