Brennan VanderVeer, 18, grew up hearing stories about the old Springfield Hospital from his grandmother, Mary, a former nurse at the psychiatric hospital in Sykesville. As he aged, VanderVeer’s fervent commitment to preserving the history of the hospital —and honoring the legacy of its past patients and employees— developed, rendering him a Springfield expert. Now, VanderVeer, the newly minted tour guide of historic Springfield, is offering public tours of the hospital that opened 129 years ago.

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A detailed tour of the Free Psychiatric Hospital & Old People’s Home — showing every facility built for safety, comfort, and care.” | Zion Prayer Movement Outreach

This cupola that once sat atop the Syracuse Psychiatric Hospital at 708 Irving Ave is for sale for $10,000. The three-story hospital opened in 1930 and was in operation until it was demolished in 1990 to make way for the expansion of Upstate University Hospital, where the Golisano Children’s Hospital now stands. Rather than letting it disappear, Pelleno Bianchi, founder of Bianchi Demolition - the company that took the hospital down, saved the cupola as a piece of #syracusehistory. You have prob

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