3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

Radical Ed: you seem to not only enjoy hanging here, but also learning its history. Thats nice. I'd love to go through there.

I hate modern dental equipment, forget the old stuff, with the shot of whiskey for a numbing agent

I believe that they were "supposed" to be bleak, so as not to "excite anyone. I bet the only difference is that the floors were a little cleaner.

It really saddens me that childish behavior results in us being unable to visualize the original beauty of the building.

I hope noone is still paying the maid!!

This is an unbelieveably awesome picture.

wow i really like this. its almost haunting, like you can kind of picture it back when the asylum was open, with people wandering the halls...creepy. awesome.

THE POWER OF RADICAL ED COMPELS YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's located on the second (ground) floor of the maintenance building in the center of the mansions. See Goddog's excellent maps on his site at - http://theduke81.tripod.com/
Building "N" on the second map.

Haha they're not bellbottoms!

I swear!

True, but then I'd soil my good name once they found out... 8]

Bell-bottoms aren't my first chice of explorer-wear in the old asylum :)

This is the original infirmary and it also contains a maintenance section with a metal and wood shop, a sign-painting floor, hundreds of steeel doors piled on the floor, two water wells, and oddly enough, baby toys. There's also a section with glass skylights and a huge open floor that may have been used for a cafeteria or gym. It's also part of the "old" Byberry complex.

The only one? I've seen it hundreds of times but never really noticed that it was the only one. There's also a "hidden" ballroom in this part of the mansion too, up the only flight of stairs that open to the hallways. Goddog has a "now and then" picture display on his site with the ballroom in full use.

This is in "old" Byberry. The original grouping of mansions built in the early 1900's. Although Byberry officially closed in 1990, these mansions have been deserted for decades. The only way in is through a hole in a wall through a boiler room in the steam tunnels. All of the other entrances were bricked over long ago.