List of defunct Massachusetts State Mental Facilities
WEBThis is a list of defunct state mental hospitals and schools in Massachusetts: State hospitals. Boston State Hospital - demolished; now mixed-use.
Abandoned Mental Hospitals in Massachusetts
WEBNov 1, 2020 · Learn about the history and fate of six abandoned psychiatric hospitals in Massachusetts, including the Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham. The web page provides photos, addresses and brief descriptions …
Metropolitan State Hospital (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Metropolitan State Hospital was an American public hospital for the mentally ill, on grounds that extended across parts of Waltham, Lexington, and Belmont, …
Metropolitan State Hospital (MSH) - Atlas Obscura
WEBJan 26, 2021 · Learn about the history and controversy of the former mental hospital in Waltham, Massachusetts, now a haunted attraction and a hiking area. See photos and directions of the only surviving...
A Psychiatric Hospital Was Built And Left To Decay In The Middle …
WEBMedfield State Hospital, an abandoned 19th-century psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, is now a town-owned park open for. ... Visitors are permitted to explore …
The First Worcester State Hospital
WEBContinued: The Second Worcester State Hospital. Bibliography and Further Reading. Callaway, Enoch. 2007. Asylum: A Mid-Century Madhouse and its Lessons about Our …
Mass. Locked Up People With Mental Illness For Decades. Now
WEBFor many years, people with disabilities and mental illness in Massachusetts were locked away in state institutions to be kept separate from the rest of society. Now some …
Abandoned, Accessible, and Awesome: Metropolitan State Hospital …
WEBMetropolitan State Hospital opened in 1930, just two days shy of Halloween, in Waltham, Massachusetts. The 20-building, 400-acre campus was designed to care for the state’s …
Old Massachusetts Hospital Records and Patient Files - Blogger
WEBMassachusetts State Archives: The Archives mainly collects materials produced by state agencies, and these include records from state hospitals and sanatoriums, mental …
Danvers State Hospital: Why It's One Of History's Most Infamous …
WEBNeurology experts often called Danvers State Hospital the “birthplace of the prefrontal lobotomy.” The moniker came from its widespread use, but also from the procedures …