3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

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lol dayuumm
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love <3

one day, especially if i decide to go to school in PA, i am going to go explore byberry and one of my missions while i am exploring will be to find this^
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are those tools i see on that tray up there??
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it kinda looks like a monster's mouth o.o
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howdy.
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Question for radical ed: How long after closing before the looters got all the valuable metals?
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I hate your picture. what up with the statue
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The summer of 1988 myself & 2 friends took a tour of Byberry. My biggest regret was not taking a camera. I've been telling stories of it for 23 years now. I never thought I would see it again. These pictures are amazing. Thank You
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I believe it was for the lecture hall.
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This was the lecure hall for medical students training at Byberry. They would come in here for lectures on mental health. Also, that graffiti of the cat (or lion or whatever it is) on the left has always creeped me out.
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Which auditorium is this? There were three auditoriums: the old ballroom above the old women's (c-building) dining room, the Furey Ellis Hall (large auditorium), and the lecture hall (small auditorium).
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Yeah, this is the old women's infirmary. The state built a large tuberculosis building (N-10) in the '50s, but when TB was nearly eradicated, they no longer had a need for that building. So, since N-10 was filled with medical equipment, they turned that into the new infirmary. This building was left vacant until demolition in 2006.
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hmm hate to say it but i thnk San Haven is a creepier place :/
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@Mary McWilliams: Very well said. Beautiful.