4,081 Comments for Norwich State Hospital

The inscription on the grave and the title of this picture is a very famous Bible verse:

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." --Philippians 1:21

The apostle Paul penned those words while he was in prison, knowing full well that he would eventually be executed. This verse tells us that we are immortal (if we have put our faith in Christ) and nothing in this life can really harm us.

Those responsible for this tombstone believed in not only the resurrection of Christ, but the coming resurrection of the dead.

LOVE IT! It's sooo peaceful! I like the colors from the outside trees...they add to the opposite colors of the blue tint of the room!

Thanks gully! so interesting isnt it !? Motts finds so many amazing items in his adventures! Wish i could be right behind him, but would most likely make him mad as i held up things to take a closer look at the lovely patterns on these antiques.

Have a seat and tell me how you are feeling today.

When I first looked at the glass I thought I saw an angel shape in the glass.

Motts Thanks again for another wonderful Gallery to see. Keep up the wonderful work you do.

Mr. Motts - how do you deal with the memories of visiting all these places? Doesn't it make you sad to think of all the lives that have been lived, wasted or forgotten in these places? You take wonderful pictures and like myself must have boxes, books and disks of photographs, doesn't looking back over them bring out melancholy even depressing feelings? Sometimes when I look over past photos, I think of that time and the people that were around and get very sad that they no longer are around.

This place looks like it was scorched at some point in time

When I see your pictures I am in awe seeing the past.
I am apreciative you are saving images of these items so something can be seen before the real things are lost to time.

I am also just as angered at federal, state, and local agency/goverment at the blatent waste.

I am willing to bet dollars to donuts all that movie equipment (given it still looks in great/working condition) is worth some serious bucks.


Given they just abandoned it., there most likely still are old time movies in those film cases. They would be worth a small fortune.

I think all of us are right.

It was a multi purpose room.

Wood floors were common and the same pattern/type of wood was used in ballrooms, skating rinks and baskitball gyms.

I agree with many what a waste.

I bet aot of those dishes are colectors items and worth some serious cash.

Goverment waste at its best.

Unknown but to God.

May whoever you are find the peace you deserve that was not available in life.

Sad that they respected in death those who were there before the hospital, but not those who passed away in it.

Hate to be pessimistic, but how many patients are buried (or otherwise dealt with ) there without this basic dignity and respect?

The ironic /sad part of this is if he took it ( even to give this person the honor they needed) he probibly be charged with theft of confidential medical records (or some crap like it).

While the state/people who left it this way would be considered OK.

Shame since alot of records are kept this way, and even more outright distroyed (to protect the guilty/embarressed no doubt).

Without them hundreds of thousands of men, women, children have tragically beccome unkown and abandoned again.

Also without them ouw can we be reminded of the horrors that once passed as healing and prevent them from comming back again.

The truly sad part of these records is (especially for those people from the 1900-1970ish) that this is the only way to know who they were and to give future family members access to their ancestors.

Most lived (if you can call it that) and died in these places. Thousands of men, women and children who are buried (who knows where) that are now like they never existed.

They should preserve records like this to give them identities and to hell with the people responcible who would be embaressed/ashamed.