267 Comments for Saint Lawrence State Hospital

Looks a lot like this photo of St. Lawrence Psych. Center from another part of this website:
http://opacity.us/site...ric|st-lawrence-ward

Tears come to my eyes as I look through these. My grandmother was a patient here after having a "nervous breakdown" due to my grandfather having an affair. I believed Gramma when she said it was his way of getting her out of the way for awhile.

These images are beautiful and unsettling.

These halls and corridors were incredible when I worked there. I worked Center Kitchen .

the ogdensburg psych center is in my home town. I worked on the close down of the buildings. these rooms were are all washed from top to bottom. And all contents in the buildings were removed. it took a crew of about 150 people 3 months to get this work done. the nicotine was so thick on the walls some had to be washed 3 times.

My dad worked at this hospital for nearly 40 years. I'm going to show him your photos when I go home this summer. He'll probably be able to tell you what each building and passage way was.

I worked in this building and this curved hallway was a beautiful feature. This building remains standing and is a very sturdy building. Asbestos is the main problem with repurposing these old buildings.

I know exactly where this is...my mother's office was just down around the corner...beautiful old building going to waste

Lived in Ogdensburg for number of years..1998 part of the facility was utilized by both Justice Dept & Mental Health ..known bout tunnels underneath.. Steel doors chains or remnant of shackles on walls ..tales of Lobotomy..Torture.. Would be awesome Ghost hunter pit stop.. Just might with old team of hunters..2016 Catacombs most under water when lived there.

I'd rather not discuss that kind of information due to legal reasons; besides, I'm sure things have changed since I visited 10 years ago!

& I'm assuming they took everything they had to the new psychiatric center that they built, and whatever they didn't want the auctioned off

This is in my home town, and my friend and I have been talking about going in there for a long time. How did you get in there???

Sad to think my grandfather ended up here.

Just weird! A weird room! Don´t understand how the beds would be placed. To lie in bed looking up at that ceiling would have been uncanny. There are so many windows; 25 ??? Or more? It was a very light room!

this hospital
recycled,job well done.