Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)
Sunlight Shot: February 2005
Posted: May 2005
Photos: 51
Depression
Shot: January 2005
Posted: January 2005
Photos: 22
A Grand Tour
Shot: August 2004
Posted: August 2004
Photos: 56
This large complex has its humble beginnings as a small work farm for the mentally challenged in a section of Philadelphia called Byberry, in 1906. Construction for a large asylum complex was in progress from 1910 to the mid-1920s, which included several dormitories, an infirmary, kitchens, laundry, administration, and two coal power plants. Many buildings were built with scrap and other materials because of the World War I shortage, which resulted in quick deterioration of many of the structures in the complex…
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