Photo: "Distant"

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Nurse quarters at Fairfield Hills State Hospital.

This former psychiatric hospital in Connecticut, received its first patient in 1933 from the nearby Connecticut Valley State Hospital. When the hospital opened, there were only 500 patients and 3 doctors, but by the 1960's, Fairfield was home to 4,000 patients, 20 doctors and 50 nurses, who were living in these nurses quarters. Treatments included hydrotherapy, insulin in shock therapy, patient seclusion, electric shock therapy and frontal lobotomy. A number of accounts of patient cruelty were reported while the hospital was in operation. In 1995 when the hospital closed patients were transfered back to Connecticut Valley Hospital. 

Photo: "Stop Falling"

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In 2007 the male wings of the hospital were severely destroyed by a fire caused by a lightning strike.  

Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York was designed by Frederick Clarke Withers and was the first institutional building designed in the High Victorian Gothic style. Though designing began in the 1860's, construction was behind schedule and over budget. The facility opened in 1871, however construction continued throughout the last three decades of the 19th century. The administration building and wings followed the Kirkbride plan and was 1,500 feet long in total. 

Photo: "Summer Sun"

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The sun porch at the St. Mary's School Abbey faced the Hudson river and gave a great view of the surrounding landscape. The building was constructed in 1876 and remained in use for over 100 years. The building was vacated in 2003 when the Sisters relocated to Greenwich, New York.