1,244 Comments for Central Islip State Hospital

Yeah those gas heaters were probably added after construction; it heated up metal fins and had a large fan that blew the hot air into the room. I lived in a building with one of those for a few years, and you were either freezing when it was off or sweating when it was on. It was pretty crappy.

@Claudia, yes those grates are from the original heating system, possibly a forced air system. Some rooms had retrofitted an additional ceiling mounted gas burner, often seen in industrial spaces. Not seeing a basement of any kind, there wouldn't be a place for a steam boiler.

@Binky it's possible the knee walls had separated sets of beds if this was a dormitory. They offered a tiny bit of privacy while allowing an nurse or attendant a view of the entire ward. They could have also been for partitioning some space for things like desks, medical equipment, etc.

Really nice picture.

It does, Lucie, it really does.

The little knee walls are, random?

B5 - The Bingo Ward?

Is that wooden shutters on the lower portion of the windows, they look really nice

Wow, no basement, no insulation. The temperature must have swung wildly

No hinges either.

The bars enclosing the open air porches always makes it look like an old time Zoo cage w/humans on display

I've always wanted a loading dock for my own house. I would need a much larger house to go with it though. . .

beautiful doorway and amazing brickwork above and around the door sad to think this would just be demolished..

That looks to be the heater up left. I've seen the same arm with empty brackets in other rooms.. I can't imagine that heated these dorms very well. Heat does rise, correct?

Thank You So Much for this wonderful gallery. I hate for it to end. But, you ended it with such an awesome pano. You are just too cool! :)

Wonder how many years of vine growth is represented here?