Seclusion room in the North Annex building at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Photo: "Chalked"
In one of the day rooms at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania sits a lonely pool table. The cues were stacked on the rack and the chalk left next to the score counter, as though the game was played yesterday, but the paint chips covering the table tell a different story.
Photo: "Rounded Rust"
Wooden wheelchair in the basement of the tuberculosis ward at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Photo: "Chipped"
Patient room inside the tubercular ward at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Not Every Photograph I Take Is Artistic, But That's OK
Sometimes while photographing abandoned buildings, I snap images strictly for documentation purposes.
In this case, Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania was already in the process of being demo'd when I saw the campus for the first time. For that reason, I shot more building exteriors and photos out windows than I have in the past. In particular, the tubercular wards on the campus were some of the oldest remaining buildings and I felt they were worth a few shots.
In a few decades nothing will remain of this former asylum, but hopefully images like this will help people see what once was.
Photo: "Archer"
Corridor inside the tubercular ward at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Photo: "Decorator"
Main staircase inside the North II Complex at Mayview State Hospital.
Photo: "Room 220"
Early morning light inside a patient room in a former tuberculosis ward at Mayview State Hospital.
Photo: "Defeat"
Dawn inside a patient room in a former tuberculosis ward at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Photo: "Patient View"
Dawn inside a patient room in the former tuberculosis ward of Mayview State Hospital, PA.
Photo: "Connector"
Corridor inside Building South 2 or Mayview State Hospital at dusk.
Photo: "Blue Hour Corridor"
Corridor, during blue hour, inside Building F at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Photo: "Dusk to Dawn"
Blue hour inside a day room of Building F, a former tuberculosis ward, at Mayview State Hospital.
Mayview State Hospital was constructed in 1892 and it wasn't until 7 years later that a first physician was assigned to the "insane" department. In 1909, a hospital was built on the grounds, stemming from the need to treat the patients there due to mental illness. The hospital's last building closed in 2008 and demolition began in the spring of 2012.
Photo: "The Last Dawn"
Dawn inside Building F at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Mayview State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital constructed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1892. It remained in operation for over 100 years before the last building closed in 2008. Currently the hospital is undergoing demolition and many of the buildings have already been torn down.