Scary Dairy
Abandoned Camarillo State Mental Hospital Farm
Camarillo, California
July 29, 2022
The Camarillo State Mental Hospital was a farm colony that operated from 1936 to 1997. Like many state hospitals active during that time across the country, farm work was considered part of patients’ treatment plans. While the hospital was redeveloped 2002, becoming the California State University Channel Islands, two of the farm structures sit abandoned, tagged thoroughly by time and graffiti artists. I made them part of my California itinerary.
A quick walk to the structures.
Before the heat melted me too much, a selfie.
The Hay Barn
The Dairy
