Moon rise at dusk over the Shelton House, building used for administrative and patient care, at a Connecticut psychiatric hospital, designed in the Colonial Revival style by Walter P. Crabtree. The hospital operated from 1931 until 1995 and at its peak, housed over 4,000 patients.
Photo: "Dominos"
Norwalk Hall was a male staff and Psychiatric Aid residence at a Connecticut State Hospital. Each room on the lower floors of the Hall were approximately 8ft x 10ft and contained a bed, rocking chair, desk, lockable closet, dresser, mirror and sink. The third floor rooms were much harder to come by and were reserved for the veteran staff.
Photo: "Digital Bath"
Dusk inside an employee room in the Norwalk building at an East Coast state hospital.
Photo: "Seaweed"
Patient tub inside a patient treatment building, Canaan Hall, at a Connecticut Hospital.
Photo: "Diamond Light"
Sunset inside Norwalk Hall, employee housing, at a Connecticut State Hospital. The hospital was in operation from 1931 to 1995 and once housed 4,000 patients, 20 doctors and 50 nurses.
Photo: "Tub"
The Canaan House at an East Coast State Hospital, was used for patient treatment and housing.
Photo: "Distant"
Nurse quarters at Fairfield Hills State Hospital.
This former psychiatric hospital in Connecticut, received its first patient in 1933 from the nearby Connecticut Valley State Hospital. When the hospital opened, there were only 500 patients and 3 doctors, but by the 1960's, Fairfield was home to 4,000 patients, 20 doctors and 50 nurses, who were living in these nurses quarters. Treatments included hydrotherapy, insulin in shock therapy, patient seclusion, electric shock therapy and frontal lobotomy. A number of accounts of patient cruelty were reported while the hospital was in operation. In 1995 when the hospital closed patients were transfered back to Connecticut Valley Hospital.