388 Comments for DeJarnette Sanitarium

I was there in 1986 and on the other side of that door is a padded cell where u would go when u were being unruly. Not a pleasant room at all

The window was my room 29 years ago. The fence wasn't there then. It's been added after it closed in an attempt to keep out vandals. It was a sad place. I was there for 3 years. I left in 1986.

29 years ago I was one of the children at DeJarnette. Even though I was young I knew the place was haunted. The basement on the building on the left looking at the front used to be the morgue. I wouldn't go down there alone. The fourth floor in the building on the right was strictly off limits. Wonder why? Noises were always heard coming from up there. Make up your own mind.

In the mid to late 80's I was in Dejarnette for two terms, one for a little over a year and the other for 11 months. During this time I was on both adolescent wards, DJ1 and DJ2. This place was the stereotypical mental hospital inside and outside. The units had about eight rooms on both sides, it was separated in the middle by the staff station,day room and bathrooms. The boys on one side of the hall girls on the other. There was one room that was converted to a time out room. Just a gym mat on the floor.
The solariums on the upper two floors were used for the adolescent smoking areas. The lowest level of the building was for the children 12 and younger, hence the crazy murals on the walls. It was painted the "calming" color of sea green when I was there. The rooms were fairly large, with one to a room. Huge windows were covered in steel mesh that had a lock.
The DJ1 and DJ2 units are almost identical. Now as an adult, I would love to return to visit the hospital to take photos of this historical structure. Its an breathtakingly beautiful place that holds a lot of unusual history.

This reminds me of Silent Hill 4

I can't help but keep thinking that this looks like some type of public school on the east coast.

Thanks for the update Tracy, I hope it stays there!

It is still standing, as of today. I wanted to get over to it, but too much traffic. Had to settle for pics from the gate.

There were two rooms behind the double doors.. Mine would have been the one to the left..

Probably not as i spent alot of time on the other side of doors like this there.. Not their fault but mine. I think the seclusion rooms some were pink and i believe they said pink was a calming color.. Id be in there for hours but as soon as I calmed down they let me out and petted me like I was one of their own children..

I was on DJ2 this was not the unit i was on and i dont know when they out up curtains but it was a nice try at trying to make the place homey..

I lived there for 2.5 years and i assure you i'm not an imbecile and in actuality my iq is above 130.. These videos on youtube upset me because regardless of the buildings history the place wasnt so bad when i was there in the mid 80's.. Tell history as it was and don't fabricate the story to make it more ominous.. It really wasn't always a bad place and i was never visited by ghosts and the staff weren't mean and we all lived... Give me a break!!

I hope they save it too; I've only been to DeJarnette once, so unfortunately I don't have any more photos, but I'm sure there are plenty more on other exploration sites.

I would love to see more pictures if you have any. I stayed at this youth hospital in 94/95 and it brought back alot of memories. I read alot about the place but when I stayed there as a teenager it was not that bad. I don't have any horror stories. I hope they do not demolish the building and they decide to keep it and restore it.

We have a place similar to this here in Radford, Va. The bullet shells are from the police or local swat teams in the area. They'll take blanks or even paint rounds and practice inside places like this.