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Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital
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Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital
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created by handskills
on 2/2/2005 5:15 AM
last modified by Noss4ra2
on 11/25/2017 11:50 PM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Cottage-styled Kirkbride-esque asylum. The campus spreads across 400 acres of rolling countryside. Large main structure along with many other outlying buildings including multiple villages of housing cottages. As with many other larger asylums it wouldn't be complete without its own burial ground. Over a mile of tunnels connect the main portions of the hospital and the primary patient housing area. This location is very well guarded and quite unsafe - there is a great deal of crocidolite (blue asbestos) as well as other chemicals (notably ammonia), flooded tunnels, bad floors in some of the buildings, and so on. This should not be a place attempted by anybody who is unfamiliar with advanced safety precautions.
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Type: 400-acre Kirkbride-esque hospital & cottage complex
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: Highly recommended, but for experienced explorers ONLY.
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asbestos
rust
unsafe flooring
flooding
air quality
Hungry lunatic dogs
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Huge campus of buildings. Modelled on the plans of Thomas Story Kirkbride without actually containing the "v-shaped" Kirkbride building. Unlike many other large Asylums the buildings are relatively untouched. This is due in large part to the fact that there are 24-hour guards, and the site is frequently patrolled by state police. Arrests are very common.
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fences
barbed wire
24 hour guard
locked gates
welded doors
wooden boarding
cameras
The buildings to which electricity still runs (including the Hospital) are alarmed, Police patrolled, and workers on site.
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flashlight
breathing mask
gloves
long pants / sleeves
Coupled P100 cartridges for respirator w/ organic vapor and ammonia chemical filters.
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Marlboro State Hospital, opened in 1931, is one of three state institutions designed to house the mentally ill. Its architecturally notable campus of central facilities and detached residence halls once covered 900 acres and was designed, loosely following the Kirkbride plan, to provide an incentive to recuperation. In 1940 it became the location of New Jersey’s first juvenile mental health facility. The state decommissioned the facility through the 1990s in part because of an undercover investigation by a state senator named Richard Codey (now sitting govenor) the Corrections Department was foundering in a sea of seriously mentally ill inmates. The buildings retain a high degree of integrity, but at the time of the list, the state has closed the hospital and its future is uncertain.
picture 1942 from PBS.org Erie Kindy assists patient at Marlboro State Hospital. Article is about the Concientious objectors to WWII.
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In a low budget horror flick "The Screaming Dead" 2003. Otherwise notable for local rumors and other "spooky" stories. Tied to many stories of the Marlboro Slaughterhouse, which lies in the woods adjacent to Camp Arrowhead, where the rumors seem to diverge on what happened but supposedly an escapee/work release patient murdered a local farmer/prison guard.
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On November 18, 2011, New Jersey state officials announced that the hospital site will become open space for recreational use. It will no longer be under state jurisdiction. Instead, the Monmouth County Park System will oversee the property. Demolishing buildings and cleaning up the property to meet environmental standards will be necessary for completing the $27 million project. The project is slated for completion in 2013.
March 2015 the last of the patient cottage (cottage H ) was demo'd.
http://www.state.n...Site%20Restoration,%20Former%20Marlboro%20Psychiatric%20Hospital.pdf
UPDATE: Buildings are coming down. The TB, Nurse Housing, Chapel, Swastika house, and all 10 Doctor's cottages are gone. By 2015, the land will be cleared.
http://newjersey.n...hospital-1.7977160
UPDATE: As of 12.15.14 only 5 patient buildings left after the demo of the male senile ward, the gym, service building, laundry/butcher shop and the women's disturbed ward. Also 90% of the tunnels have been filled in.
Male disturbed, cottages O and R are being abated.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Explorer Zero on 11/26/2017 12:55 PM.
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on Nov 26 17 at 12:55, Explorer Zero validated this location
on Nov 25 17 at 23:50, Noss4ra2 changed the following: Future Plans
on Sep 30 15 at 14:17, Mike Dijital validated this location
on Sep 30 15 at 14:17, Mike Dijital changed the following: Web Links
on Sep 30 15 at 14:13, Mike Dijital updated the main picture
on Jun 24 15 at 11:57, Mike Dijital validated this location
on Jun 24 15 at 11:56, Mike Dijital added some pictures to a gallery
on Jun 24 15 at 11:56, Mike Dijital added some pictures to a gallery
on Jun 24 15 at 11:54, Mike Dijital created a new gallery
on Jun 24 15 at 11:54, Mike Dijital validated this location
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