“Chris says, “I recently visited Spring Grove hospital center in Catonsville, MD. Established is 1797, it is one of the country’s oldest psychiatric facilities and it is still (at least partially) in use today. It is a fairly large campus with a variety of buildings (including its own museum). These photos are from one of the buildings that is no longer in use and has become a time capsule of sorts… storing odd relics from the site’s long history. Hair dryers, exercise bikes and a variety of furniture.”"
More Spring Grove Hospital Photos (Thanks SuZi)
From Boing Boing
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The photos are really creepy
Rather intruiging, somebody on my course is currently investigating abandoned buildings and explored an old hospital in Southend… I like it! Quite beautiful in their own way
Much like Denbigh Hospital: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northeastwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8442000/8442233.stm
I wouldn’t exactly have liked to have been a resident there. Spooky place!
That’s nothing, theres the old Severals hospital in colchester. Abandoned 1930′s psych hospital, its beautiful, but it might be pulled down soon.
There’s a British site building information on our old asylum’s if anyone has any photo’s: http://www.countyasylums.com/
Quite a lot, if not all, have been demolished now.
severalls is still in use too though, its so creepy working there!
Ooh quick, call the ‘Most Haunted’ team, bound to be full of ‘restless spirits’.. Am I the only one whose blood starts to boil every time I see a trailer for those dolts? I’ve started cursing at the screen whenever they appear and yet there are more and more TV shows about ‘ghost’ hunters and ‘mediums’ every bloody week. Gaaaah!
Sorry, rant over. Cool pics.
More images of similar places here
http://Www.guerillaphotography.fotopic.net
I have some photos of West Park asylum near London posted here: http://bradleygarrett.com/2009/08/30/anticipating-transience-saying-goodbye-to-west-park-asylum/
There are stories form other derelict places as well.
Those photo’s are awesome. i’m very interested in old, abandoned buildings and have explored a couple myself, including an old psych hospital; but unfortunately it was no where as near as interesting as this one, and was stripped and had no atmosphere. You couldn’t even imagine people living or working there. I’d love to see someplace like this, somewhere like Severalls or Fairmile.
Ooooh eerie….
LC x
I’ve got a bit of an obsession with old buildings – castles, churches, cottages, that sort of thing – and some of the derelict asylums around the country (there seem to be loads of them,) are quite beautiful. There’s one just outside Maidstone where I live. One of my friends is a photographer, and went in to take some pictures. It’s strange, but pictures of derelict buildings, still with furniture lying around and plants creeping in through the windows, always seem really interesting.
Loved to wander around Cane Hill Asylum when it was standing. RIP CANE HILL 1882 – 2009. Shame they demolished it
Freaky Deaky indeedy. I used to work in one when I was a teenager (20 yrs ago) it was called ‘Coldeast’…..not the warmest, friendliest of names. They used to be weird places, people that were healthy got institutionalised and ended up never being able to fit into ‘normal’ society – included single mothers! It all ends up feeling very normal though!
Wow. what I wouldn’t give to have a nose about in those boxes, and I would LOVE to read any paperwork lying about. Barbarism doesn’t even come close to describing what must have happened behind those beautiful doors. Th beginnings of the DSM ……….
“And where do you live, Simon?”
“I live in the weak and wounded, Doc.”