Comments on: Utica Lunatic Asylum

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:47:16 +0000

hello Dawn I was also at crane hill at that time, I know a little of its history, but not alot on the net is around… will try to help if I can

By: C.Wimsatt

C.Wimsatt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:56:32 +0000

I am doing my family tree and came across the 1860 census which listed a man carrying my family name of Peter J. Bryant. We was listed as a resident of the Asylum. I don’t know if that is my great, great, great, grandfather but how interesting is that.

Wow!

By: Lou G.

Lou G. — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:35:40 +0000

That is haunted no doubt! Those are some neat pictures, imagine visiting a place like that at night!

I can’t believe they used such an intricate architecture to build a mental hospital… that thing should be a museum or something.

Cool post!

By: dawn adams

dawn adams — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:03:20 +0000

my name is dawn and in 1966 i was at a school on marcy state hospital growns { called Crane hill school}
i have been looking for information on past historie for my book, please get back to me on this Matter
thank u dawn

By: The Road to Rome at New York Traveler.net

The Road to Rome at New York Traveler.net — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:42:15 +0000

[...] ruins. One of the grandest “ancient ruin” is the Utica Psychiatric Hospital of which I wrote, but that, like many of America’s old buildings, turned into a drug rehab and alcohol center [...]

By: Mrs. Mecomber

Mrs. Mecomber — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:10:49 +0000

Believe it or not, many of the afflicted people who used the Utica Crib preferred it. They said it kept them from harming themselves and others, and so they felt safer. Pretty heart-wrenching, isn’t it?

Yes, the asylum is haunted. All of Utica is. Haunted with the specter of better days- once prosperous, but more importantly, once virtuous. It’s not too late for Utica, though. She could rise out the ashes like the phoenix, if she took to heart what George Washington once said, “Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord!”

By: Daisy

Daisy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:05:06 +0000

That architecture is truly impressive. It’s too bad that it has fallen into disrepair. I read your earlier post, and the “Utica Crib” gave me chills. Do you think the building could be a little bit haunted?