Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital In New Jersey, U.S.A.
The site has remained abandoned since the 1970s.alisonzillante/Instagram The abandoned Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital's location was opened in 1907 as a state-run and owned facility. jeffgabriele/Instagram The asylum was built originally as a tuberculosis hospital.psychedelic.abstraction/Instagram hoog_photos/Instagram The facility was supposed to be a model institution for tuberculosis care with a mission to treat only the "curable," but as is the case with many institutions from the 19th century, it quickly became a repository for local undesirables.hoog_photos/Instagram jeffgabriele/Instagram Roughly 10,000 tuberculosis patients sought treatment at the facility between 1907 and 1929.jeffgabriele/Instagram The hospital was shut down in the 1970s and a new "wing" was opened specifically to cater to elderly patients with mental illnesses. alisonzillante/Instagram jeffgabriele/Instagram The hospital was named after Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn who pushed for its establishment.alisonzillante/Instagram alisonzillante/Instagram The psychiatric section of the hospital was still housing nearly 300 patients before it was closed in 2010.dradscanon/Instagram
Inside The Ruins Of 9 Abandoned Asylums Where The ‘Treatments’ Were Torture View GalleryThe Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital, located on Sanatorium Road in New Jersey, is among the most chilling sights in the state.
The hospital was first built in 1907 as a tuberculosis sanatorium and was owned and operated by the state. It was supposed to be a model institution for tuberculosis care with a mission to treat only the "curable," so those with severe cases were unable to be admitted. Between 1907 and 1929, about 10,000 patients sought treatment at the facility.
But as the years went by, Hagedorn's original mission was broadened to include those who were deemed "incurable." The hospital operated until the 1970s when it fell into disrepair and was abandoned. Then, in 1977, the government erected a new psychiatric facility right next door to the abandoned site.
The psychiatric facility was named after State Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn and was built as an extension to the defunct tuberculosis center. The so-called Senator Garret W. Hagedorn Gero-Psychiatric Hospital was a 288-bed facility and a state nursing home designed specifically to treat elderly patients who lived with a mental illness. Patients of varying ages were later admitted to the facility.
But the new psychiatric hospital didn't last for long. With a growing movement that shifted away from institutionalization, both private and state-run mental health facilities began to close down. In 2012, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie officially shut Hagedorn down, and it has been left abandoned ever since. At the time of its closure, Hagedorn was still treating roughly 300 people with mental illnesses and elderly patients.
These abandoned asylums serve a larger purpose than morbid fascination. They also stand as a memorial to all the people who suffered inside them before safer, more humane alternatives were discovered.
Now that you've explored some of the creepiest abandoned insane asylums from around the world, read about the thousands of bodies that were uncovered underneath a 19th-century asylum in Mississippi. Then, go inside the Danvers State Hospital, once known as the "Hell House on the Hill."
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