Marine Hospital, Tennessee
Many of the rooms at the former Marine Hospital were repurposed over the years. It appears as though this room was first the office of the commander and later used for blood collection.
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Photo: "Bathtub With A View"
Patient restroom at the former Marine Hospital in Tennessee, constructed in the early 1900's.
Photo: "2A34"
The former U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee was constructed in the 1937. At this time, the Marines operated eight hospitals within the United States. The patients at these facilities received excellent health care here and weren't nearly as crowded as the Navy facilities.
Photo: "The Morgue"
U.S. Marine Hospital, Tennessee
This morgue is very special to me, as it is the only one I have found completely in tact, copper head piece and all.
This hospital was originally constructed in the late 1800's, but the main building was demolished and reconstructed in the 1930's.
(Technical: Dark basement. 2min 20sec exposure. Lit with LED and incandescent flashlights.)
Photo: "Time For A Cleaning"
Dental Clinic on the upper floor of the former U.S. Marine Hospital. The hospital campus was originally constructed in the late 1800's on the Mississippi River in Tennessee, but this building was replaced in the 1930's and remained in operation until 1965.
Photo: "Operating Room"
Second floor operating room in the hospital building at the 1930's era U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee.
Photo: "Nurses Station 338"
Rear, upper floor nurses station of the U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee, constructed in the 1930's.
Photo: "U.S. Marine Hospital Exterior"
The Marine hospital in Tennessee was constructed in the late 1800's, but the original building was torn down and replaced by a newer building, shown here, in 1937.
Photo: "Cleaning"
Dental station at the former U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee.
The U.S. Marine Hospital's main building was constructed in the 1930's, replacing the fourty-year old original building.
Photo: "Fix You"
Second floor room at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee.
I am slowly running out of hospital and asylum images to post and the next big trip isn't until Spring. It's starting to get to me. I need a fix.
Photo: "Nurses' Spiral"
The nurses' quarters at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee were constructed in the late 1800's, with the original hospital, and moved 100 feet in the 1930's when the new hospital building was constructed.
Photo: "Marine Hospital Morgue"
It's often hard for others to comprehend my interest in morgues. To most, morgues are considered depressing, gross or creepy. While I recognize these morgues resemble something many of us are afraid of, death, they are much like an endangered species that you have been lucky enough to stumble upon.
When many of these asylums close, they often begin to experience foot traffic by kids, explorers, scrappers and taggers. For some reason morgues seem to be where people gravitate when they explore these hospitals. Sometimes scrappers will have taken the metal parts, but most often I find that taggers have put their names all over the tile walls and morgue doors, which to me, generally makes the morgue unworthy of a photograph. It is incredibly rare to find a complete morgue, undisturbed for decades.
This morgue was in a pitch black basement. To light the scene, I used 3 flashlights: one bounced inside the hood (cool LED), one out of frame to the left (incandescent) and one out of frame to the right in the hallway (also incandescent.) My hope was to convey a natural looking scene, rather than something that appeared to have been light painted.
Photo: "The Space Between"
Corridor inside the former U.S. Marine Hospital on the Mississippi River in Tennessee.
Photo: "No Heat"
This main hospital building at the Tennessee U.S. Marine Hospital was constructed in the 1930's. It replaced the 1887 hospital building that played a role in the in the study of yellow fever.
Photo: "Blinded"
Second floor room inside the former U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee, constructed in the 1930's to replace the former hospital building from the 1800's.