The abandoned Camarillo State Mental Hospital in Camarillo, CA, just north of Los Angeles...Photos taken by Kirsten Anderberg in 2009-2010.
Old Admissions Entrance in the Administration Building (built in 1951) at Camarillo State Mental Hospital is now the visitor's entrance. (Photo: K. Anderberg)
Afternoon sun on North Bell Tower buildings (Photo: K. Anderberg, Feb. 21, 2010)
Camarillo Receiving and Admissions Building, Unit 78...(Photo: K. Anderberg 21/Feb/2010)
Camarillo yard wall...(Photo: K. Anderberg 21/Feb/2010)
Moon over Camarillo balcony...(Photo: K. Anderberg 21/Feb/2010)
This photo was taken in Unit 78 in Receiving and Admissions Building, and was either the operating room area or the geriatric area. Note the tile from an old water fountain. (Photo: K. Anderberg)
This is a photo of the old South Quad cafeteria, now being used by CA State University at Channel Islands, as they slowly take over the abandoned institutional buildings. (Photo: K. Anderberg)
Hallway into South Quad...(Photo: K. Anderberg, Feb. 21, 2010)
Many walls around the grounds have these bars built into the walls over windows...(Photo: K. Anderberg, Feb. 21, 2010)
A strange round gate sits over a wall without a door in a Receiving and Admissions Building courtyard (Photo: K. Anderberg, Feb. 21, 2010)
Camarillo is full of architectural details, such as this star...(Photo: K. Anderberg, Feb. 21, 2010)
And this iron light...(Photo: K. Anderberg, Feb. 21, 2010)
Afternoon sun on the Receiving and Admissions buildings (Photo: K. Anderberg, Feb. 21, 2010)