(Above, scanned from "Images of America: Kalamazoo, Michigan" (Arcadia Pub., 2002))
In these first two photos, you can see the 1891 chapel to the right of the water tower. In these and the next three, the shot is taken from the direction of Oakland drive, looking west.
Below, a 1974 photo showing the water tower before restoration. (From "Images of America: Kalamazoo, Michigan" (Arcadia Pub., 2002))
Below is a view from the northwest corner of the interior of the quadrangle, pointing east, southeast.
This is the eastward facing door visible in the earlier (pre-quadrangle) photos.
Contemporary photos:
Scanned from "Kalamazoo Lost and Found" (Kalamazoo Historic Preservation Commission, 2001)
Above is the front of the building, which faces east. Below we move around to the north side, as seen from the Male Department.
Photo and detail, above, circa 1900, scanned from "The Siggins Album," courtesy of the Local History Room of The Kalamazoo Public Library.
Photo above courtesy of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections.
Below a partial, straight-on view of the north side, viewed over the top of the south section of the Male Department.
Photo above, scanned from "The Siggins Album," courtesy of the Local History Room of The Kalamazoo Public Library.
Below, the west (back) side, seen from two perspectives, angled south and angled north, with Male Department in the background.
Below, the south side, coming back around to the front, ground level and aerial.
Photo above courtesy of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections.
Above: Scanned from "Picturesque Kalamazoo" (E.E. Labadie; printed by Kalamazoo Publishing Company, 1909)
(Above scan courtesy of Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections.)
The south side, with the water tower and the Female Department cupolas.
Aerial photo (circa 1969-1975) clockwise from top left: 1965 chapel, administration/quadrangle/water tower, Male Department, Burns Cottage, Mary Muff Hospital. Map below reverses the perspective.
When the Male Department building was demolished in 1975,
Burns Cottage became visible from Oakland Drive. It remained for 13 more years.
In 1988, three of the four remaining old buildings on the south end of the
asylum were torn down: Burns Cottage, Fletcher Hospital, and Edwards Hospital.
The fourth and last building, Noble Lodge, stood until 2013.
1939 (Courtesy Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections)
Circa 1975, with Burns Cottage in the foreground. (Courtesy Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections)
The east-facing front and north end of Potter Cottage. The Female Department is visible on the left and Monroe Cottage on the right. (Scanned from "The Siggins Album," courtesy of the Local History Room of The Kalamazoo Public Library.)
The front, straight on. Monroe Cottage visible behind and to the left.
The south side of Potter Cottage. (From "Images of America: Kalamazoo, Michigan" (Arcadia Pub., 2002))
Two views scanned from "Picturesque Kalamazoo" (E.E. Labadie; printed by Kalamazoo Publishing Company, 1909)).
The north side of the building, cupola of The Female Department visible on the left, the power plant smokestack on the right.
A reverse of the previous shot, 1957. 1948 Laundry at the bottom, Services and Central Kitchen Building center, and Female Department top right. (Courtesy Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections)
Looking north in 1939. To the right is the Maintenance Building.
