This is Willard State Hospital, which was built in the 1860's and originally called "Willard Asylum." More than 50,000 patients were admit...
Jon Crispin is raising funds for Willard Asylum Suitcase Documentation on Kickstarter! I am photographing a collection of suitcases left behind by residents of the Willard Psychiatric Center in Willard, NY
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
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Urban Exploration photo gallery from my two visits to the abandoned Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane in New York State.
There's something truly terrifying about this abandoned asylum in New York. And yet the remnants are hauntingly beautiful.
The institution which is now commonly referred to simply as Willard has gone by a few names in the past. Willard officially opened in 1869 as Willard Asylum for the Chronically Insane. By 1877 Willard, at 475 acres (1500 patients) was the largest asylum in the United States. In 1995 , the then Willard Psychiatric Center
This is unbelievable. Photographer Jon Crispin has visited the remains of an old psychiatric hospital, formerly known as The Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane, and has discovered hundreds of old suitcases belonging to its former patients. Packed with trinkets ranging from letters to ornaments to photographs, these images tell the stories of every person who was committed to this famous psychiatric hospital back in the late 1800's.
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The history and a tour of the state's second attempt at institutionalized care, the Willard Asylum is located in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region
Explore the old Willard Asylum in upstate New York. Get an inside look into real patients suitcases and more.
In 1995, the New York State Office of Mental Health closed the doors of the Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane. Located near the Seneca Lake in the
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Jon Crispin is raising funds for Willard Suitcases: Unpacking The Rest on Kickstarter! I will be finishing my photographic documentation of the Willard Asylum Suitcase Collection.
Willard Psychiatric Center began its life in 1869 as Willard Asylum for the Insane, closing down over 125 years later in 1995. Thousands of long-term
Willard Asylum for the Chronically Insane. Opened in 1869 and is actually still open, used by the corrections system for a drug rehab facility, I believe. This is the original building, which was razed in 1980.
The Willard Asylum of the Insane was founded in 1869 in Willard, NY — a small town about 45 minutes from Ithaca. More than a century later, in 1995, the state closed the facility for budgeting reasons. Employees, like Beverly Courtwright, were given the task of cleaning out all of the facility’s numerous buildings, which may […]
Where your nightmares end, willard begins
