Most of the buildings on campus were connected by a labyrinth of tunnels. Narratives of severalls hospital, 191997, gittins, summarised her research, noting that often women were admitted by their own family, sometimes as the result of bearing illegitimate children or because they had been raped. As volunteers at the colorado mental health institute at pueblo museum. Tunnels of traverse city state hospital atlas obscura. A revealing history of the florida state hospital at chattahoochee and. The tunnels are simply service tunnels supplying hot water to the wards. National register of historic places and is also a u. The former traverse city state hospital is immersed in over 100 years of history. It was built in 1874, and opened in 1878, under the supervision of prominent boston architect nathaniel jeremiah bradlee, on an isolated site in rural massachusetts.
He also has an amazing website about byberry called the story of byberry and is easily found at the top of any websearch. Severalls hospital lunatic asylum, colchester urbex. Several paranormal groups have asked to explore the tunnels at the colorado. Severalls asylum opened as a mental hospital in 19. Discover tunnels of traverse city state hospital in traverse city, michigan. The danvers state hospital, also known as the state lunatic hospital at danvers, the danvers lunatic asylum, and the danvers state insane asylum, was a psychiatric hospital located in danvers, massachusetts. The rise and fall of americas premier mental hospital. A revealing history of the florida state hospital at. Seaview hospital was once the largest tuberculosis sanatorium in the country, now listed on the u. An impressive overhead shot of severalls hospital shows the impressive echelon site the patients of severalls hospital a shelled shocked patient from ww1. In the book project 17 by laurie faria stolarz, the plot involves six teens breaking into danvers to investigate.
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19thcentury asylum. The hospital closed because it simply wasnt needed with the advancement in understanding mental health conditions and the care in the community scheme. These procedures were carried out in the tunnels of the vast hospital. Some displayed characteristics of mental illnesses such a depression, psychosis and mania still misdiagnosed at the time.
The kirkbride plan was a distinctive design for mental hospitals developed in the mid1800s by the psychiatrist thomas kirkbride. Beneath the brick cottages at the anoka state hospital exists a wagon wheel of tunnels that were once used to move patients from location to. Inside the abandoned childrens hospital and tunnels at seaview hospital, staten island. Patients of severalls asylum were from a varied background and history. Large fans would force air through underground tunnels, into the basement and up flues in the various parts of the building. The danvers state hospital, also known as the state lunatic hospital at danvers, the danvers. Why visiting the abandoned anoka state hospital, minnesotas most. Tunnels of traverse city state hospital traverse city, michigan. It was the largest asylum in the country, the first to perform lobotomies. Severalls asylum in colchester was built from 1910 and opened in 19 as a psychiatric hospital. Narratives of severalls hospital, 191997 1998 by diana gittins has been the most comprehensive study of this institution to date.