The Abandoned JN Adams Tuberculosis Hospital with the Stained Glass Dome
From September 1912 through to 1995 this abandoned tuberculosis hospital location served the North Eastern United states as a Tuberculosis Hospital to help treat the thousands who were infected.  Portions of the hospital also served as an educational facility for mentally handicapped children.
The presence of the JN Adams tuberculosis hospital led to a dramatic increase in the local population with the arrival of medical professionals, hospital workers and people visiting patients at the facility.
Inside you will see many curved hallways, which were a popular architectural practice in these types of hospitals in the early 1900’s. These hall ways served two purposes:
1) Their curvature made it impossible to place beds in the connector hallways, which was a common practice at overcrowded hospitals of the era.
2) It allowed a greater level of supervision, as doctors and nurses could easily traverse the entire length of the complex, while orderlies and patients could be confined to a single ward
The grounds of this Abandoned Stained Glass Tuberculosis hospital, which equal around 300 acres housing approximately 15 buildings. Â The main centerpiece of this abandoned tuberculosis hospital is the stained glass capped domed cafeteria in the center of the main building.
Now, this gorgeous hospital with a beautiful stained glassed capped domes cafeteria sits in a sad state of decay as a group of volunteers try to save it from demolition and hope to restore it. Until that time, it is a playground for the small handful of Urban Explorers, Ghost Hunters and Photographers who take the risk to explore it!
The badly decayed doorway into the stained classed capped dome in an abandoned tuberculosis hospital.
After spending a full day in an abandoned Tuberculosis Sanitarium on the walk back to my car I spotted a very old cemetery deep in the woods.
LOCATION REVISIT UPDATE – 2016
In 2016 RiddimRyder and I finally made a return visit to explore and shoot this amazing abandoned tuberculosis hospital once again. We were surprised to see such an increase in the amount of graffiti and vandalism, plus the usual amount of added decay and damage from three more years of abandonment.
Since buying my wide angle lens over two years ago I have been wanting badly to revisit this place and shoot this room. A normal lens just doesn’t do it justice!
Since buying my wide angle lens over two years ago I have been wanting badly to revisit this place and shoot this room. A normal lens just doesn’t do it justice!
“Can’t do me nothin’ can’t tell me nada
Don’t bug me now because I’m doin’ the lambada
The forbidden dance, here’s my chance
To make romance in my b-boy stance”

RiddimRyder and I getting our B-Boy Stance on in the cafeteria of a broken and abandoned TB Hospital.

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RiddimRyder and Freaktography portrait inside an abandoned tuberculosis hospital.
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A mossy carpet in an old and abandoned TB Hospital.
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RiddimRyder inspects Freaktographys treatment for his violent convulsions and manic paranoia . The only way to contain him was through these tight bed restraints.

We were both very excited to find this bed with double restraints hidden in the basement of this old abandoned tuberculosis hospital.

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A double corridor shot taken from the main entrance in an abandoned tuberculosis hospital.

This main fiyer has two wrought iron staircases leading up and down into the basement.

Also in the main foyer is a stone and marble fireplace that has been smashed by vandals since my last visit here in 2013.

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On the top floor balcony of an abandoned tuberculosis hospital.

It was believed at the time that plenty of fresh air would cure people of tuberculosis, so many abandoned tuberculosis hospitals have these large open air terraces and balconies.
Apparently at this one they had problems with jumpers!
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Crumbled ceiling tiles now cover the floor along this hallway in the basement of an old abandoned TB Hospital.
This hallway was actually nearly pitch black except for the light coming in the small windows in the rooms. It took a 30 second exposure to allow this much light in to make this photo.
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A vertical wide angle view of the domed cafeteria in an abandoned tuberculosis hospital.
An exterior photograph of an abandoned tuberculosis sanitorium in New York State. 

The buildings and property are massive and this was the main building and entrance to the hospital.
6 thoughts on “Abandoned JN Adams Tuberculosis Hospital”
marty
the sky light is fabulous!!! the stained glass is in remarkable condition!!
Myra Emery
Absolutely stunning. I LOVE your photos! Thank you SO much for taking us places most of us could never go…. You are like a time machine…..
Melissa Ramirez
I am very interested in this type of photography. Do you have to have permits or some type of special permissions to enter the locations?
Raj
he finds them himself and goes in but he leaves everything how he found it..
Jordyn Hayes
I didn’t know you were doing this for so long and you are so famous! I follow @freaktology on both FB and IG and on your TouTube channel. You do amazing work and it’s important to document these hospitals. My grandfather died from tuberculosis as a young man.
Anonymous
I worked there as a pharmacy student. It was very depressing. I use to eat with the resident patients under that dome. The food served was salt less as salt reacted with the very high doses of some of their medications. I also lived on the third floor of the administrative floor which housed students and could hear the patients scream all night. Never complained in my life after my stay there!
the sky light is fabulous!!! the stained glass is in remarkable condition!!
Absolutely stunning. I LOVE your photos! Thank you SO much for taking us places most of us could never go…. You are like a time machine…..
I am very interested in this type of photography. Do you have to have permits or some type of special permissions to enter the locations?
he finds them himself and goes in but he leaves everything how he found it..
I didn’t know you were doing this for so long and you are so famous! I follow @freaktology on both FB and IG and on your TouTube channel. You do amazing work and it’s important to document these hospitals. My grandfather died from tuberculosis as a young man.
I worked there as a pharmacy student. It was very depressing. I use to eat with the resident patients under that dome. The food served was salt less as salt reacted with the very high doses of some of their medications. I also lived on the third floor of the administrative floor which housed students and could hear the patients scream all night. Never complained in my life after my stay there!