Hundreds of people attend a Mountaintop Mass held at Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Conn., on Saturday Aug. 11, 2018. A stone central facade, seen in no other building, grounds the symmetrical building which from a distance could be mistaken for a great British estate. Its front portico, containing four Corinthian columns topped by a pediment, is in a serious state of decay but its original grandeur is still evident. All rights reserved. Spring City, PA. As if being an actual abandoned, haunted asylum wasn't enough, Pennhurst Asylum (aka Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic) operates as a haunted house during the Halloween season. its still a great place to visit. 41.2317, -73.0250Photo Credit: Matthew Hester- www.flickr.com. We have never returned. Recently the property owner has called police on trespassers so be cautious. The main hospital (the one which closed in 2010) was not the actual destination for thrill seekers. Click here to find out why it's all falling apart on the new Abandoned America podcast! Fairfield Hills Hospital - Newtown, Connecticut - Atlas Obscura A worker would be there often and I would spend a lot of my time with him or in the van venturing out only on occasion. There are reports that the location was the base of operations for infamous bootlegger Dutch Schultz, who was said to have killed people in the building. If youre in the area, Graffiti Alley is not a place youll want to miss. only problem i encounterd was when i open a door that said not a exit and an alarm went off and i left the site, the state troop was still there. In 1995, the abandoned hospital closed its doors for good. The fact that it held over 700 criminally insane patients adds to the horror of the place. As of March 2022, a motion was passed by the town of Preston to continue with the remediation and demolition of parts of the property. Some (abridged) history of Cedarcrest Hospital from the Asylum Projects wiki: The original facility was built in 1910, and was opened as the Hartford County Home for the Care and Treatment of Persons Suffering from Tuberculosis. When I visited it, I was completely shocked by the sheer size of the property and the intricate artwork that graffiti artists had painted there. After closure in 1995, the property lay vacant for more than a decade, and despite some reuse, many buildings remain untouched since its last residents were moved to other facilities. Fairfield Hills State Hospital - Abandoned and Haunted I live close to this place. The funny thing is that its not a real town. Fairfield Hills, psychiatric hospital- Newtown, Connecticut. Deinstitutionalization, a major shift in approach to psychiatric care, began in the 1960s, and led to the widespread closure of many psychiatric institutions like Fairfield Hills State Hospital. Discover 16 abandoned places in Connecticut. And across the road from Stamford Hall is Plymouth Hall, which contained a gym, a chapel, and a bowling alley. The Norwich State Hospital, originally established as Norwich State Hospital for the Insaneand later shortened to Norwich Hospital, was a psychiatric hospitalthat is located in Prestonand Norwich, Connecticut. It had overgrown grass all around, and the trees hid the building from plain sight, so all that one would see was this old brick crumbling building peeking out from this dark wooded area, of course at the local mental hospital! She is a social boss who has worked with several major sites and brands. It opened in the 1930s and ran for 60 years until it shut down in 1995. It is said to be haunted as a result of its tragic history of patient abuse and questionable deaths, and eventually was closed in 1995. Few people know that Hebron houses one of the best abandoned places in Connecticut. amzn_assoc_design = "enhanced_links"; If you know more about this spot, let me know. The Last of Us: How an Abandoned Hospital Prompted Us to Remember Those Five of the Creepiest Abandoned Properties in Connecticut - i95 ROCK Karyn Doherty/Alltrails. Walking trails and baseball fields have been newer additions, along with the construction of a few new buildings. Address: 1101 Kirkbride Dr, Danvers, Mass. In February, it was reported that some Connecticut officials had controversially paid $1.4 million for cleanup work for the Cedarcrest property, which was never formally authorized by the state. There was and still us a bunch of other buildins there now but pretty sure the real creepy old one is destroyed now. Inside the abandoned state hospital where 'the ghost of a young girl haunts the corridors'. as for the sings for trespassing the state still has cottages that house PTs at the end of Russell road as well as radio tower that are active nOt to mention a very large cliff, I went to cedercrest today its heavily guarded.
