Abandoned Americanothing ever dies
Photograph taken at Taunton State Hospital
Gallery/info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital
Crichton Royal Heritage@AbandonedAmerica thank you for this image. Are you aware of any plans for future use of these buildings? Reading your account (thanks for the link) I'm aware of the fire. Interested as I work at the former Crichton Royal asylum in Dumfries, Scotland. Our 19th century buildings and 85 acre landscaped estate, have new and productive lives. I'm heritage officer, honouring and sharing the stories of those who were patients and worked here. Is anything similar happening at Taunton State? Thank you.
@Crichton_Royal oh boy, I wish we had gone the route you had. The majority of the old section of this building is gone now, demolished around a decade ago. It still makes me angry
@AbandonedAmerica sorry to hear that; your photos give a sense of what the buildings were. I know there will be important stories to be remembered.
FOr information -- the last patient left the Crichton (f.1838) in 2013; long before that, a Trust was formed for the future, remembering the past.. Currently we have two university campuses and over 100 businesses including a hotel that supports our busy events venues. We are setting up a new Centre for Memory & Wellbeing: https://www.crichton.co.uk/
@Crichton_Royal hey there, I lost this thread a while back. If you'd be willing to drop me an email at [email protected] I'd like to talk about maybe interviewing you about what you talked about here sometime!