A good stop after a long day of driving. Well except for a friend's fall down a 6 foot window well that was covered by vegitation. :(

This was a small mental hospital built alongside the sea in 1910. It was later showcased in the expose book named: Christmas in Purgatory, A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation, by Burton Blatt and Fred Kaplan. It was written to show the appalling condition in various state schools. The majority of the institutions shown in the book were not named. Yet, the last chapter within the book did name one institution: somewhere, beyond the sea State Hospital. This institution was not named because of anything bad, but that it was an example of how state schools should be run. The book commented on how the staff really cared for the patients there and that there was never a real occasion of overcrowding like in other similar institutions.

Over the years it served many purposes, from a TB sanitarium to a geriatric home, and then back to a mental hospital. Finally in 1996 it closed and has sat un-used ever since. Part of the grounds are now a state park and the buildings are sometimes a playground for local kids.





Close this door!


Cold storage


Going up


Hallway


For culturing organisms directly from the blood


Catcher


You're not authorized


Daily log


Don't touch my m0nkey


Scott


It ain't easy bein' sleazy


Wheee!


Fake Blood


Vernitron






And one for the lulz...

thats an insane place.

i like the "Cold storage" shot

What a very interesting place to photograph. I like your 5th photo the best, but all were good.

Any more photos from this place. I would love to see them

Exactly where is this location? state? city?

amazing!

Originally Posted by AaronNelson thats an insane place.

I see what you did there.... ;)

Originally Posted by Dogdots What a very interesting place to photograph. I like your 5th photo the best, but all were good. Any more photos from this place. I would love to see them

Thanks the 5th one was my favorite of the set as well. :)

These are the only good photos I have of the place, the rest are dupes or stuff that didn't quite make the cut. It was rather small too so there wasn't a whole lot to take photos of.

Originally Posted by f64 Exactly where is this location? state? city?

It's in CT. That's about as much as I can say publicly.

Those are awesome AND hilarious (especially the graffiti...). Great compositions and use of DOF.

Originally Posted by kts Cold storage

Man, if you hadn't captioned Cold Storage, I was thinking "Dr. Hannibal Lecter"

That place is nuts...

Cool pics