1,382 Comments for Dixmont State Hospital

Now that is some big-time structural failure. I hope even you didn't think of getting too close...

Dead and lifeless... what a tragedy :-(

It's funny, the walls don't look fire-damaged (blackened and missing plaster, as is the norm with burned-out buildings). If I didn't know different I'd say this looks as though it has just caved in through neglect.

Well the set wouldn't be complete without one...

I don't see any doors, and the hinges suggest they've been removed for scrap - perhaps they were metal. More intriguing is that electrical trunking running along the top of the wall and down above each door. Private rooms with nurse call buttons perhaps? Lynne? :-)

Beautiful shot, Motts....I love the deep hallway shots!

Very Seventies, judging by the clothes and hair. I wonder if these were real people - staff or patients perhaps - or just a figment of someone's imagination? Sad to see it defaced in a place which is otherwise very clean.

I agree with you Rich, It seems like Dixmont had more dignity for the residents than other facilities.

What's through the window? I can't tell if it's a tree or not.

And the composition of this is breathtaking.

This is a fantastic pic. I wish I had your eye Motts.

To me the lack of windows seems symbolic and marks the difference between a living building and the corpse which this one appears from a distance. It's as though her soul has fled; she has given up all her secrets and now merely awaits the final indignity with eyes that no longer see...

I would think the wall color would make the person more sick. Im sorry , just having Pepto flashbacks.

Are all those doors missing or just open.

Thanks, most of the medical building was pink and orange, and there wasn't anything behind the drug room door, just an empty room...