1,382 Comments for Dixmont State Hospital

Motts, is this where the fire was?

I agree, Truckie. All of these wonderful pics are showing the pain and sadness of the people that were there.

My bet is those scratches were made by the poor souls that were locked in there at the time and it was their only way of showing their anxiety and fear.

This is probably where they put the patients that acted out. And they probably stayed in there til the dang nurse or whoever so fit to let them out. Jerks.

Look at the condition. Would you take it? LOL

My local Wal*Mart was once a peach orchard. I can still picture the rows and rows of peach trees.

Great contrast! I don't think I'll ever be able to shop at this Wal Mart when I visit home. It's too depressing to think about. I don't guess the corporate Wal Mart "big shots" will even put up a plaque or memorial to this sad, soon-to-be gone place.

Pretty amazing that a mattress even remains.

Thank you Motts! I've been waiting! I was lucky enough to go on a school field trip to Dixmont when I was a youngster. I know, what a strange field trip that was, and I know I'm showing my age! The only thing I remember was that the clients were scary...I was too young to remember anything else. And too foolish to realize that the clients probably weren't too terribly scary at all.

I live close to dix, it is haunted, you know. My friend lives about a block away from the property. Stranges things have happened there. No one wants wal-mart there, either. Leave well enough alone...

I actually prefer the after shot better.

This makes me hate Wal-Mart even more.

I like the three layers through the window. It add an interesting perspective, and confuses the eye a bit.

The fire that had caused this damage was on the rd and forth floor, it all caved in.
The fire happened in the mid 90's

The angle of the photo and the way the sky looks in the background are breathtaking.