Below are two photographs of part of the back of Building 50 (the chapel wing, and part of wing 2).
The first photograph is from the early 1900s, and is copied with permission from Queen City of the North by Lawrence Wakefield. The second photograph was taken during September of 1998.
The older photograph shows four buildings which are not present any longer, and there was also iron widows-walk railing (not very visible in this computerized copy of the photograph) on top of some of the buildings, including Building 50. The high pointed roof top to the left of the chimney was the tower of the "Old Center" of Building 50, a section torn down in the 1960s. The next two pointed towers (one of which shows as somewhat rounded) are ventilation towers for the old chapel wing of Building 50, which still stands and is visible in the "now" photograph. The building dominating the left foreground is the old power plant: there is probably a very tall smokestack just off the leftmost edge of the photograph.
In the newer photograph, a railroad line can be seen in the foreground.
In 1998, this was one of a very few remannts of the rail lines found
at the State Hospital. This rail was not present in the older photo from
the early 1900s.
There are many more photos of Building 50 on the map page and also in the Building 50 page. Click on the little arrows pointing in the direction of Building 50 on the map to see the other photos when you have the map page loaded.
Additionally, the following historic images are available:
