4,081 Comments for Norwich State Hospital

If there was still a ball,Id so roll it down the lanes X3

Why on earth did they need all those paintings? Were they trying to start some sort of Hospital Art Gallery?

Matryoshka doors. Open the door,only to find another,smaller one :)

Her feet look like they are shredded or bleeding, Quite disturbing,even more so that there is actually a picture of a past patient.

The picture looks like it was done under the paint,so it must predate the lead paint

Those chairs are in some amazing condition,like all youd need to do is repaint the pace and its look brand new

I can just picture it now: Roller disco with the psych patients

With a good varnish and some scrubbing,that vanity could look good as new

Kit, not if they were well sealed in plastic bags & those bags stayed tear or rip free. Such a waste, these could have been donated to daycares or preschools around the area at the time of this places closure or better yet, families in need, as there are always those around somewhere.

her feet look like they're bleeding.. this is interesting.

perhaps hbobs lived there..? The place wouldn't leave these in a room.. After 16 years, they'd be rotted away and bleh.

Am I crazy or is there a cubby hole in the back of the sink?

A number of years ago I ran projectors like these at a theater in Norwalk, Ohio. They were also Super Simplex with Brenkert carbon arc lamphouses. The DC voltage for the carbons was provided by a motor generator set in another room. The arc gap had to be adjusted every couple of minutes in order to maintain a bright picture. The sound was obtained with an RCA sound head using an old RCA tube amp. A digital reader was installed not long after I left.

I recall many a hot night in the booth during the summer months. These machines gave off a fair amount of heat so the occasional draft of air conditioning was of little help. The roof vents were useless.

Sadly, the theater is now dark (closed) and in foreclosure. I've been told that water damage is taking a toll on the building as it has sat unused for several years. It is now just another once grand theater that has fallen victim to the times... It's a shame.

This is the basement it looks so big to be a basement it looks like it should be the attic.

Incredible photo - just lovely work here...