The Asylum

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xxmelancholydollyxx:

I took this picture last winter of a local abandoned asylum examination building, it’s so incredibly beautiful!

A little bit of history:

The London Asylum for the Insane was opened on November 18, 1870. Dr. Maurice Bucke was the second superintendent for the London Asylum (1877-1902). Reports indicate that Dr. Bucke favoured humanitarian treatment of the mentally ill and that he attempted to improve mental health through providing patients with beautiful surroundings (the Asylum was a working farm) and many social activities. Dr. Bucke is also said to have limited patient’s use of alcohol and the hospital’s use of mechanical constraints as a form of control.

The main asylum building was demolished in 1975. The original chapel and barn are still on the grounds as well as the current and active London Psychiatric Hospital.

abandonedhospitals:

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mattlambros:

Northampton State Hospital opened in 1858, closed in 1986 and was demolished in 2006.

Northampton State Hospital Theater February 2006

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fuckyeahurbexing:

Patuxent Asylum
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allgoodthingsprocrastinate:

Central State Insane Asylum - Milledgeville, Ga

fuckyeahurbexing:

Hellingly Mental Hospital
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fuckyeahurbexing:

West Park Asylum
United Kingdom

Photo by Romany WG

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