The Gothic Revival Binghamton Inebriate Asylum was built in 1858-1864 out of limestone by Isaac Perry which also was well known for his beautiful staircase designs and over 40 armories in the nation. This castle sits on the hill on 200 acres of land. The asylum was the first one that treated alcohol as a disease. Unlike most asylums this one was alot nicer then the ones that held the criminally insane. The rooms here are much larger, heated, and the people were treated more like they were in school rather then an asylum. There are many buildings that exist on the property such as the administrations building which looks like a mansion, the caretakers mansion, mail building, garages, a couple warehouses, a woman's asylum and of course the main fortress itself. Most of the buildings are still in use for storage purposes probably furniture from the main building, archives and of course some supplies for the new psychiatric center which is nearby. This asylum was opened during the civil war which tells you how much history their is to it. In 1879 the asylum was then used for mental patients. You could spend probably days just exploring the buildings and grounds that is how huge this place is. Our team was very limited on time so we were able to only explore the grounds, 1 building fully, and the chapel and 4th floor hall of the oldest and main building. This asylum was like a city of course I am sure they had a library and would grow their own crops. Besides the treatment for alcohol abuse they also treated other addictions such as cocaine, morphine, opium Ect. The asylum is famous for its stained glass dome of the Tiffany which at another asylum became pretty valuable. To our groups opinion we have assessed that the outside is more haunted then the inside and this is a fact why we may never know. But we were very fortunate to have a chance to look around inside for a little bit and be able to bring you a story on this great place. 

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         Their will be a few more photos coming to this prologue page unfortunately the place is so large and we had such little time we were not able to explore as much of the inside as we wanted to.