Latitude: 39.0006516
Longitude: -80.3825877
Elevation: 319 meters / 1047 feet
Barometric Pressure 976KPa

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Room with a View by Frank C. Grace (Trig Photography), Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
November 2nd, 2014
Weston, WV

"Across from the West Fork River
Room with a View by Frank C. Grace (Trig Photography)
Day Room by dbnunley, In the 19th century, people were committed to asylums for many reasons other than what we would cons
Day Room by dbnunley
Ten Men by dbnunley, "Ten men bathed and shaved..." 

This was a single page from an inches thick staff or nurs
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Nurse's Station by dbnunley, There were several buildings built later using design different than Kirkbride. This building had la
Nurse's Station by dbnunley
"Rubbing Elbows" by Theaterwiz, Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

The first patients were admitted in 1864.The main complex was origin
"Rubbing Elbows" by Theaterwiz
Window Box by dbnunley, This is the window at the end of a secured ward at Weston State Hospital in Weston, WV. The main bui
Window Box by dbnunley
Weston State Hospital by dbnunley, This is the front of the main building. It the largest hand cut stone masonry building in the United
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Toy Box by dbnunley, The thing about Weston State is that there were probably a couple of hundred rooms in the main build
Toy Box by dbnunley
Empty Bedroom by dbnunley, This is another staff quarters room in Weston State Hospital. Through much of its history, the staff
Empty Bedroom by dbnunley
Isolation Ward by dbnunley, Heavy metal doors.

Barred windows.

Eight by ten rooms.

Steel locks.

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Tea Time by dbnunley, This is a shot from the physician's apartment in Weston State Hospital. I came in to Weston on the n
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Stairwell by dbnunley, This gives a good idea of the way this building was lit. There were bare bulb lights in some places
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Louis Bennett Public Library (Another View) by neshachan, Another view of the beautiful house.

This is the beautiful Jonathan M. Bennett House, ie. the Louis
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Room With a View by dbnunley, One of many empty rooms at Weston State Hospital.

Please view in the light box or <a href="http://b
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Stairway by dbnunley, Weston State Hospital, August 2011.

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Institutional Hygene by dbnunley, This is a bathroom at Weston State Hospital. The room is a little unusual because most of what I saw
Institutional Hygene by dbnunley
Before political correctness, there was . . . by John H Bowman, Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, West Virginia

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum ia another larg
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Antique Brick by dbnunley, During the US Civil War, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was taken as the military headquarters f
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Weston State Hospital by John H Bowman, Helping to demonstrate the enormity of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (later, Weston State Hospi
Weston State Hospital by John H Bowman
Redrum by dbnunley, Walk down a long humid hallway past showers and shower curtains. A closet is at the end with linens
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Lunacy by Theaterwiz, That describes the last few days, bad PC Crash

will be catching up soon!

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Canoes at Dawn by allie444, morning trees mist lake beach water fog sunrise landscape dawn boat pond kayak day cloudy paddle can
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Stainless Steel by dbnunley, This was the hospital's partially dismantled laundry room.

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Five oh Five by dbnunley, This is the main building at Weston State Hospital. The clock tower is unfinished inside. The wooden
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Steel by dbnunley, Weston State Hospital
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There wasn't a lot of debris laying around from then the hospita
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Bridge by chadsellers, We saw a bridge, too.
Bridge by chadsellers