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UER Forum > Archived US: Pacific Southwest > Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (Viewed 538 times) Calvin Kaneda  Location: West Coast Ninja/East Coast Pirate. Gender: Male  |  Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum < on 7/31/2012 4:23 AM >   The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, subsequently the Armand Auclerc Weston State Hospital, was a Kirkbride psychiatric hospital that operated from 1864 until 1994 by the government of the U.S. state of West Virginina, in the city of Weston. The hospital's main building is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in the United States. Originally designed to house 250 patients in solitude, the hospital held 717 patients by 1880; 1,661 in 1938; over 1,800 in 1949; and, at its peak, 2,600 in the 1950s in overcrowded conditions. A 1938 report by a survey committee organized by a group of North American medical organizations found that the hospital housed "epileptics, alcoholics, drug addicts and non-educable mental defectives" among its population. A series of reports in 1949 found poor sanitation and insufficient furniture, lighting, and heating in much of the complex. By the 1980s, the hospital had a reduced population due to changes in the treatment of mental illness. In 1986, then-Governor Arch Moore announced plans to build a new psychiatric facility elsewhere in the state and convert the Weston hospital to a prison. Ultimately the new facility was built in Weston and the old Weston State Hospital was simply closed, in May 1994. 1 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 2 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 3 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 4 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 5 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 6 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 7 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 8 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 9 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 10 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 11 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 12 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 13 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 14 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 15 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 16 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr 17 Untitled by Calvin Kaneda, on Flickr See the full photo post in it’s proper region here: http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=103761 See the full flickr set here: http://www.flickr....72157627088404258/ Want a chance at exploring a real Kirkbride? Get out of your armchair and look no further! Pay the cash, by the pass, shoot and explore in a cop free environment. Details here- http://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com "By the prick of my thumb something wicked this way comes..." "Under the cover of night, I travel across rooftops while you dream of adventure." SixbyFire  Location: Brooklyn, Ohio Gender: Male Militant Mouse  |  |  Re: Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum <Reply # 1 on 7/31/2012 4:39 AM >   Dang, that #4 is just plain creepy! Jeff heinrick  Location: Cascadia Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum <Reply # 2 on 7/31/2012 4:46 AM >   Pretty damn good for a phone! http://www.flickr.com/photos/heinrick05/ CaptainTonus  Location: San Diego, CA. Gender: Male  |  Re: Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum <Reply # 3 on 7/31/2012 3:08 PM >   #17 is awesome. Nice work, very jealous. seedy  Location: Triad, North Carolina Gender: Male Won't eat you.  |  |  Re: Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum <Reply # 4 on 7/31/2012 6:40 PM >   Beautiful. Always amazes me what is just left standing. Architecture, nature, alcohol.... Space travel, Rock n Roll. Elegia  Location: Redondo Beach, CA, SoCal, Los Angeles Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. ~Sallust  |  Re: Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum <Reply # 5 on 8/1/2012 4:20 PM >   Gorgeous! Love every shot! UER Forum > Archived US: Pacific Southwest > Postcards from my phone: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (Viewed 538 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741347017 pages have been generated.