388 Comments for DeJarnette Sanitarium

Thanks everyone

Great shot. We can only wonder, Anna.

There probably was a board, and the last crew of painters just painted around it... the color matches the paint under the blue coat.

Why the tan square on the right wall, right at the beginning of the photo? I thought it was some sort of board for hanging posters or something, but I see that there is peeling paint in the middle.

That's a shame, I hope it doesn't come down to that as the building seemed to be in decent shape. Thanks for the update!

some talk on local, Staunton Va., news today 4/10/15, about this magnificent structure being scheduled for the wrecking ball. The other mental hospital in Staunton was remodeled and converted into high end housing units.

Now just WHAT IS the little square hole in the wall? For soap?
Had no idea it is even possible to paint tile.
Yes, just what is this?

Yes, it is a very pretty window indeed

worked here one summer

I believe the square box on the ceiling is a light.

I remember these rooms too I was in there many times

I hated this place I stayed there as a child and you people can't imagine what went on in there

This is my favorite of this collection of images and the one that evokes the most visceral memory of being in that building.

I student taught at DeJarnette's in the early 1990s. It's eerie to see these beautiful pictures of the place, finally free of human suffering. Thanks for posting them.

Commenting on an old thread, I know; but this building is very close to a major interstate and a fairly large town. It would be extremely difficult to vandalize it without getting caught.