3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

all of you are so lucky if you got to inside these places i love the table id love to have it for a background on my pc lol

its really sad that someone would graffiti a piece of history come people dont destroy insane asylums there already rottting let them rot in piece

Holy crap. That is some serious destruction.

this picture sends signal of despair its almost like the corridor never ends

this setting would have made a great set for an eerie movie

looks like a face glaring

Worked at Byberry for 2 weeks as a nurse in 1985. No idea what building. Only recall it was both male and female young adults. The nurse's station was surrounded by chicken wire. The nurse's rarely left the station unless they had to give meds via a half door in the medication room or stand around as security in the cafeteria. It was scary. The patient's were constantly fighting which you had to break up or were restrained with body nets: hence, why I only lasted two weeks. I remember the dorms and the general darkness of the place as a whole. It was a creepy environment. I do recall that the staff ( who had been there a long time) seemed to enjoy tantalizing the patient's from behind the chicken wire at the nurse's station. It was a totally dysfunctional scene which I didn't want to be a part of so I exited ASAP. It wasn't "care" at all. It was something totally warped.

My Grandmom also told me a story about how she worked in old Byberry as a nurse, I'd say probably in the 20s and one night there was a patient revolt and she had to lock herself in a supply closet.
Also was in, at least I think it was this one, auditorium and we found old bits of costumes. Bowties and other odds and ends. My cousin also found a book that contained patient names,, diagnoses, meds, ages, Dr. names.
Can't believe this place is gone. It was there my whole life....

I have been surfing around byberry sites for hours now and these pics are awesome. I grew up close enought to Byberry that they used to tell us not to go in the woods near Nottingham because some of the released patients lived back there.

I think it's time to close the door on Byberry,
People have been talking about this for many years, it's a sad story.

These pictures are amazing. You really captured the sadness and destruction. We used to go in byberry at night all the time when I was younger. we walked through the tunnels in pitch darkness. If your flashlight went out you were screwed!

It was an amazing place. We were more interested in our findings rather than destroying things. We somehow came across a file room and there was a HUGE pile of patient files that we took home and read through. It was very interesting.

Anyway, love the photos. They are good memories to have considering the whole place is gone because they are building condos :) Who would want to live there with all those bad vibes?? NOT ME!

Uh,"warrior" comments like that are what get people like you into trouble.. Talking $#!% to people you know nothing more about then what you may read online. you may want to watch what you say and to who you say it.. but if you insist on letting your mouth run try using a name people will know how to find instead of talking behind the protection of a keyboard..

By: Lynne
So men don't get to have uvulas anymore?
Guess not anymore, Lynne.

This room brings back memories for me. I worked in the Admission Unit during my psych rotation in nursing school at Byberry in the summer of 1978 . Each patient had a bed and locker. We heard stories of the disruptions that would occur at night in these wards. Glad to say the only allowed nursing students to work during the day!

opps, sorry caps was on