Room on the top floor of the male ward at Hudson River State Hospital years after the 2007 fire damaged most of the ward.
Photo: "Sun and Sea"
Sun streams into a former patient room of the male wards at Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Photo: "Titanic's Lounge"
Male wards at Hudson River State Hospital, a mid-1800 era psychiatric hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Photo: "Coils"
Since the 2007 fire, the male wards at Hudson State Hospital have continued to collapse.
Photo: "Open Air"
Patient room inside the crumbling male wards at Hudson State River Hospital, NY.
Photo: "End of the Line"
Hallway inside the male wards.
In 2007, four years after Hudson River State Hospital closed, a lightning strike transformed the male ward wing of this Kirkbride into a raging fire, destroying most of this section. Over the last few years, the New York weather has slowly escalated the damage inside the ward. Despite the decrepit state of the hospital, the main administration building has been registered as a National Landmark due to the High Victorian Gothic architecture.
Photo: "Viola"
Collapsing second foor of the male wards at Hudson State Hospital.
Photo: "Brazen"
Patient room window in the male ward at Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Photo: "Stop Falling"
In 2007 the male wings of the hospital were severely destroyed by a fire caused by a lightning strike.
Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York was designed by Frederick Clarke Withers and was the first institutional building designed in the High Victorian Gothic style. Though designing began in the 1860's, construction was behind schedule and over budget. The facility opened in 1871, however construction continued throughout the last three decades of the 19th century. The administration building and wings followed the Kirkbride plan and was 1,500 feet long in total.