Western State Mental Hospital Washington
It was originally fort steilacoom asylum in 1871 but the building dates back to 1849 when it was part of the fort steilacoom army post.
Western state mental hospital washington. The ruins are located in fort steilacoom county park in lakewood. Old haunted western state hospital. Information for clients families staff and providers clients family and friends visiting western state hospital staff. It was pretty easy getting in.
33 western state hospital washington reviews. One of two state owned adult psychiatric hospitals the other being. As a psychiatric social worker at washington s. At the end of the park s parking lot there is a path which wound through heavy woods lucky i brought a flashlight.
Western state hospital wsh is one of the largest inpatient psychiatric hospitals west of the mississippi with more than 800 beds and 2 500 employees. Seattle behind tall brick walls and secure windows hundreds of patients at washington state s largest psychiatric hospital live in conditions that fail u s. Old western state mental hospital is one of the eeriest places in all of washington state. I waited until dark to go in after leaving my car outside of the park which closes at night.
Health and safety standards while. Wsh is one of two state owned psychiatric hospitals for adults in the state of washington. Western state mental hospital. Psychiatric social worker maria claudio shows off one of the homemade masks she s made for herself and co workers at western state hospital.
Western state hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 9601 steilacoom boulevard sw in lakewood washington administered by the washington department of social and health services dshs it is a large facility with 806 beds and washington s second oldest state owned enterprise after the university of washington. The western state hospital patient was on a different ward than. Seattle ap a second patient at washington state s largest psychiatric hospital has tested positive for the new coronavirus.