0:00 1:03 MIDDLETOWN - In the Middletown Psychiatric Center's heyday, in the 1950s and '60s, 3,000 people worked at the state hospital. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. City resident Viola Martini worked for the citys mainstay psychiatric institution for 30 years before she retired in 1996. We lost thousands of jobs due to poor state decisions.. Seeing the area revitalized is a real plus for Middletown, she said. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "middletownpsychiatriccenter" Flickr tag. John Chesbro, a famous baseball player who played for The Asylums. Abandoned (4 links inside), Rockland Connecticut State Hospital, Middletown (Asylum for the Insane) Learn more! The original building, the Main Hospital building, opened in 1874, and the state kept adding buildings and adapting them for different purposes. Blakelock was consequently released into the care of socialite Sadie Filbert, aka Beatrice Van Rensselaer, who stole all his money. Kings College in Tuxedo NY - Abandoned. The mailing address for Middletown Psychiatric Center is 44 Holland Ave, , Albany . From 1877 until 1902, Dr. Seldon H. Talcott was the superintendent and developed a series of occupational therapy for all patients at Middletown. Union Distribution Center Mount Kisco NY- On July 12, a six-alarm fire gutted the former hospital building at the campus. middletownpsychiatriccenter photos on Flickr | Flickr The hospital, which opened in 1874 with 69 patients. As one form of physical therapy, Middletown had its patients play baseball. 128157. 14231-01: This accretion consists of 22 bound volumes for patients admitted to Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (later Middletown Psychiatric Center) between 1874 and 1898 and discharged through 1936. By WHIO Staff. Middletown Mayor Joseph DeStefano says the 250-acre property has abandoned buildings as the center downsized. Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center, Security Hospital Treatment Assistant (SHTA)- Direct Care Position, P23747. He said the city once expressed an interest in buying it for $1. Former Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital Cemetery, now known as Middletown Psychiatric Center Cemetery is located opposite 10 Weber Rd, Middletown, NY 10940. Metropolitan Transit Authority (Metro North-Port Jervis Line) has a station in Middletown about 12 miles from the facility (1-800-638-7646).