592 Comments for Western State Hospital (Virginia)

They look like collars for some kind of piping that has since been removed.

The window does look very big to me as well. But, you could be right on the angle thing too.

Yeah, Lynne, everything today is so stale & cookie-cutterish, seeing how much effort was put into even the small things, to make them look nice as well as being functional, says a lot. Maybe this could come back one day soon.

I love this shot!

I love the character the curved wall gives to the room.

This doesn't have all the paraphernalia that usually goes along with a seclusion room - the door handle is too lightweight, the lock is not heavyweight enough, seclusion rooms rarely had outward angled corners in the room because people would hit their heads on them (plus you couldn't see the individual from that angle if they did), and even 50 years ago staff were mandated to be able to see into the entire room in case the individual fell and was bleeding to death on the floor.

You'd be amazed at the amount of linen you go through in an average day.

It's for people who use wheelchairs who can stand and pivot.

I just love the strange architecture!

I love these old tiled bathrooms.

This is some of the same goofy architecture as in the oldest buildings at CVTC in Lynchburg, VA.

For faux widows.

Geez, I love your hall shots.

I wonder if someone lives in that specific building now and if the developers kept the staircase.

OK, for a view like this I would have risked going up those wonky stairs.