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Coadey
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 |  | Western State Hospital in Tacoma, WA
< on 4/16/2006 7:11 PM >
|  | | | It was established in 1871 and spans 264 acres. Some buildings are still active today, with over 800 patients and a staff of 1800:
http://www.google....=0.005258,0.008068
WSH is supposed to be the second oldest state-run institution in Washington.
http://www.soundpo...obotomy/page2.php3
Unfortunately, most of the older comlex has long been demolished. At least they've left it as park space though, rather than put up condos.
Anyone been there?
[last edit 4/16/2006 7:24 PM by Coadey - edited 1 times]
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Jeremy
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Tacoma, Wa
Gender: Male
| | Re: Western State Hospital in Tacoma, WA
<Reply # 1 on 6/1/2006 4:11 PM >
| | | | My wife and I went there years ago. The original building is all but demolished. Usually you can climb through the fence and look around but its interesting for about 5 minutes then you've seen it all. The complex across the street at Ft. Steilacoom is a much newer facility and was built in replacement of the original building which was obviously quite small by today's standards. You can go walking around the rest of the "park" and find debri and rubble everywhere old window grates things of that sort.
Jeremy
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hotsauce
Gender: Male
| | Re: Western State Hospital in Tacoma, WA
<Reply # 2 on 6/10/2006 7:06 PM >
| | | | i'm pretty sure the actress francis farmer was kept here in the early 1940's
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vectorsnob
 
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Seattle, WA
Gender: Male
| |  |  | Re: Western State Hospital in Tacoma, WA
<Reply # 3 on 6/10/2006 8:51 PM >
| | | | Frances Farmer will have her revenge...
Cody.
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megankc
Gender: Female
| | Re: Western State Hospital in Tacoma, WA
<Reply # 4 on 6/15/2006 6:35 AM >
| | | | Posted by vectorsnob
Frances Farmer will have her revenge...
Cody.
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I'd want to get my revenge too if I was her. Yes she was there twice during her life and was hospitalized in CA too. I know from someone very high up when she was there that her brain remained hole free.
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