THE COLONY
1877 - 1994

Nothing really too intereseting or unusual on this asylum.  The Colony was completed in 1877 at the cost of well over a million dollars.
Here is what  KirkbrideBuildings.com posted: 

In his book The State and the Mentally Ill, Gerald Grob argues that the building actually resembles a prison and that this is not by chance.
State asylums were becoming more custodial in nature when this Kirkbride was constructed.
The belief that mental illness was highly curable was being seriously questioned
and asylums were being built with a stronger focus on confinement rather than on treatment.



It is pretty peaceful out here, except for the cruisers that drive by and park in the parking lot every half hour.
and the two homeless guys I saw trying to gain entry.
This building definitely has lot to offer archetecturally, but not much otherwise.
There was a fire back in 1991, I actually remember it.  There were a couple of homeless people,
they were "staying" there (as it was closed at the time), so they used
candles instead of lights.  I guess they got into an argument bla bla bla one of the wings burnt down.
Actually, I think that some fire fighters may have died in the fire.

This is the first thing you see as you roll up to the Colony. This is your typical haunted castle kind of place.
		Lots of dungeon style doors
Down in the basement...  Pretty trashy down here		This is a little sketchy -where is the rest of it?
Nothing too interesting on the inside - furniture,  medical equipment, and mor bathrooms than I have ever seen in my life.
		Up four flights...
Lots of lovely artwok littered the walls. Really odd things too, lots of farm scenes with women doing manual labor there were sickles involved. There were also some strange cherub paintings.		The Colony had a pretty big children's ward as evidenced by the stuffed animals and disney paintings
These were some of the tiniest  bunk beds ever		Old school hair salon and that rusty thing is a scale
More windows with curtains...
Room with a view
Slab tables

	Our great escape

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