Thank you Motts. I will see if the guy I heard about it from originally has any websites that he knows of, then I will come back and share them with everyone.
There are some seemingly valid stories in the comments here; I've found it difficult to find much history about Letchworth online as well.
I think your best bet might be the town historian, although you might need to check three places - Haverstraw, Theills, and Stony Point as the hospital campus is located in all three municipalities.
I'm just trying to find out some information on Letchworth as I just heard about it from someone who works very closely at a facility that assists Developmentally Disabled people. I've never heard of Letchworth before the other day, but would like to know more about it. Maybe someone could share some stories from people who resided there or their families? The only information that I've learned from reading the boards here is the place is abandoned, people are sad about that, it used to be beautiful and that most people like to write with cap locks on, and don't understand grammer or punctuation. Could someone give me an informative website please? I've tried google & bing, with no luck.
dme's comments are a real eye opener and absolutely correct. This gallery was posted over 5 years ago. I hope future visitors to this page stop & realize that these facilities were not state sanctioned torture chambers staffed by sadistic monsters. These were ordinary health care providers who tried to make a difference doing a job 99% of the population could not do.
well, in starting a little research into this place, by my 2nd source i found the record of at least one patient that was suffocated to death. i'm so getting way further into this. so sorry author i'm not buying into the patients were well treated!
I noticed that no one has commented on this picture since 2006. It's like this gallery has been abandoned like the facility. This is a beautiful photo. It says so much in a simple way.