Kirkbride Buildings - Historic Insane Asylum Architecture

You like old photos of Kirkbride buildings, right? Dumb question? Well anyway, I’m sure you’ll love these pictures of Greystone Park from 1899 or so. Somebody recently sent me the link to the collection which is owned and presented by the Morristown Library. Some highlights below.

1. The New Jersey State Hospital
2. Walks in Front of Hospital
3. View of Male Wing
4. Administrative Building
5. Female Wing and Administrative Building
6. Main Entrance
7. Main Entrance (different than above)
8. Corridor
9. Manager’s Room
10. Pathological Laboratory
11. Medical Staff
12. Fancy Dress Ball
13. Amusement Hall
14. Training School
15. Chapel
16. Alcove in Ward
17. Ward Corridor
18. Infirmary Ward
19. Laundry
20. Main Kitchen
21. Boiler House
22. The Park
23. Distant View of Hospital

I was especially happy to see that these photos were from before the roofline was altered, and that there are a few interior spaces which look very much like they still do today.