Western State Hospital, Tennessee
A few days ago, a few G+ users were discussing asylum colors on an image. Here is another example of the very common "institutional green," inside a 1930's era psychiatric building at a Tennessee hospital.
Photo: "Mermaid Lair"
Moldy patient room inside a modern building on the campus of the historic West Tennessee State Hospital for the Insane.
Photo: "Window Pains"
Day room inside the Polk Building, constructed in 1932 to assist with overcrowding, of the Western State Hospital in Tennessee.
Photo: "Fading Away"
The classically influenced and Gothic Revival style Psychopathic Building, known as Polk, on the Western State Hospital campus in Tennessee was constructed in 1932 to assist with overcrowding in the main hospital. The four story building was designed by a Memphis architecture firm and cost $500,000 to build.
Photo: "Clinical Operating Room"
Western State Hospital in Tennessee, also known as West Tennessee Hospital for the Insane, opened it's doors in 1889, admitting patients on November 22nd into the Kirkbride Building. For over 30 years, this one building provided adequate space for the number of patients admitted, however, overcrowding resulted in the need for an additional Psychopathic Hospital. In 1932, the four story Polk Building (shown here) was erected as a new residency for 400 patients.