RHH's photos with the keyword: dairy

Opened in 1912 and designed by the well-known architect, Frederick Olmstead, Northern State Mental Hospital was originally a self-sufficient institution with a farm and cannery to support its operations. The hospital is in the shadow of the Cascades and was a very beautiful place. The hospital was closed in 1973 but many of the main buildings are still used for other purposes. The farm, however, has fallen into decay and is now part of a state recreation area and open to the public. We visited there last October and walked the area of the old farm. These are some of the barns that were part of the hospital's dairy.

As noted with the previous picture, some of the old administration and hospital buildings on the grounds of Northern State Hospital have been put to other uses. The farm has been allowed to fall into ruin as is evident from this photo of one of the old farm buildings. These are still accessible to the public and are part of a public park. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/01/northern-st...

This old boiler (there are several of them) was in one of the old dairy buildings at Northern State Hospital. These are some of the only pieces of equipment still remaining on the site, almost everything else having been removed or stolen. I believe that these were coal fired and that there was a railroad spur to the hospital that brought in the coal and other necessities. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/01/northern-st...