Thursday, October 20, 2016
The Nebraska State Hospital was originally constructed on 500 acres in Hastings Nebraska in 1887. It was known by a variety of interesting names throughout the years, such as: the Nebraska Asylum for the Incurably Insane, Ingleside, and Hastings State Hospital. The oldest of the original buildings were unfortunately demolished in the 1980s when the site was turned into a minimum security prison called the Hastings Correctional Center. At the time of our visit, the campus housed a large, active, corrections facility with a handful of vacant buildings scattered among the active ones, most of which were connected by tunnels...
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Just like the recently penetrated "Government Health Campus", it appears that the current ownership of this location has been enough of a deterrent to keep most people away. The building presented below was the former men's prison barracks and has been vacant for 11 years. We also explored the extent of the tunnels which connect all of the buildings and even found our way into the active power plant for this campus, among other structures. Due to the nature of exploring partially active locations, however, I only took the time to photograph what you see below. The rest of the action can be seen in the video of this trip.
NOTE: For nearly 10 years, I called this location "Asylum #7". I have since updated this post to reflect the site's real name and history. All of the good stuff here has since been demolished.
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October 28, 2016 at 4:38 AM
Awesome Deco site. Thanks for sharing.January 31, 2017 at 1:30 PMWhere is this asylum?
