Essex County Hospital, Cedar Grove, NJ - All links below are for the same complex but 1/2 the complex has been knocked down. And have many names depending on who you talk to.
Thanks to Radical Ed for the new pictures your the best!!!
Essex County Hospital, Cedar Grove, New Jersey.
Starting in 1896, the City of Newark, New Jersey built a sprawling new mental
institution near the small town of Verona. During the late 1800s and early
1900s, many hospital buildings were built that housed and treated mental
patients from around the region. During the 1940s and 1950s, the hospital's
population peaked, however, during the 1960s and 1970s, new medicines were
invented to help mental patients and the hospital's population decreased
drastically. By the 1990s, the hospital had a very small population and there
was no need for such a large facility any longer. In 2007, Essex County decided
to make the lands of the hospital center a 90 acre county park. Demolition of
the old buildings are said to begin in the spring of 2008 for open public
parkland. Although I was able to visit at least a half-dozen buildings on the
property, I missed twice that, easily, as the complex is huge and encompasses
property on both sides of the highway. There are many houses and outbuildings
related to the hospital surrounding the complex and they even had their own fire
department. I noticed that a good number of the buildings have been abandoned
for decades and some are even collapsing into themselves. Here are some photos
of my visit and I hope you enjoy this wonderful facility.
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Pictures Listed below scroll down and enjoy.
Essex Mountain Sanatorium
Essex County Hospital, Cedar Grove, NJ
Essex County Insane Asylum 3-31-2008 Pics Years after demo many more to come!
Please visit the site listed below the webmaster has extensive history and historical photos that no one else can match so ABNF will not try to even attempt it. Enjoy the site and the history that is behind it for this website is truly a marvel of it's time.
http://www.mountainsanatorium.net
Essex Mountain Sanatorium Buildings
Essex Mountain Sanatorium Tunnels
Essex Mountain Sanatorium Destroyed
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