Central State Hospital admitted its first patient in 1842 and by the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth, it grew to become the largest asylum in the country. While most buildings around the central courtyard are boarded up in various stages of decay, other parts of the campus are open. I think this is what makes this place so interesting; the few programs that still serve the general population are located in buildings on the outskirts of the main closed campus, lending a general creepy vibe to the entire place. These are just a few examples of what it looks like there. There are also 5 "hidden" cemeteries on the grounds of Central State Hospital where an estimated 25,000-30,000+ patients were buried in mostly unmarked graves. The cemeteries were segregated and in a separate blog, I'll post those pictures.
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These spikes were what identified some of the gravesites.
You can see the moss growing on floor of this upper-level residential room.
This was a larger room located at the end of a hallway, most likely a rec room of some sort.
A sink in an otherwise empty room.
These are patient x-rays completed destroyed by the elements. They fill two rooms and the hallway outside.
Room 204A.
A sterilization chamber. It's amazing to see all of the other metal parts in the room completely rusted out and this strikingly clean.
The colors of most of the rooms stood in bright contrast to the decay.
One of the larger and older buildings on the campus.
This one speaks for itself.
As always, I incorporate various types of photography to achieve an individualized and concious choice regarding these shots. Thanks for looking!
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