Danvers State Mental Hospital Inside
This coffee table style book illustrates the entire life of danvers from historical imagery of the late 1800s pictures from within danvers in 1974 just before the centralized model of mental health care was abandoned and finally images of the relic that dominated hawthorne hill for years.
Danvers state mental hospital inside. In 100 or 500 years when future historians shake their heads over this tragic mistake let it be remembered that there were those who had a vision of preservation and reuse of the danvers state hospital. The state of massachusetts and the community police routinely patrolled the grounds. Bradlee superintendents image galleries time lines videos historic images maps floor plans patient artwork records files. Danvers state hospital history.
In 1873 the need for another psychiatric hospital to serve the boston population had risen once again. I have no illusions that avalonbay s creations will stand the test of time as did the kirkbride. The asylums constructed in tewskbury worcester taunton and northampton were already quite overcrowded. Danvers state hospital was originally called the state lunatic asylum at danvers a cheerful name for sure.
Sunset over the abandoned danvers state hospital. Ghosting hunting inside danvers state hospital. Danvers has never been a ghost hunting hotbed because the site is closed to the public. The complete history and architecture of the danvers state hospital danvers state insane asylum the state lunatic hospital at danvers danvers insane hospital including nathaniel j.
The danvers state hospital also known as the state lunatic hospital at danvers the danvers lunatic asylum and the danvers state insane asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in danvers massachusetts it was built in 1874 and opened in 1878 under the supervision of prominent boston architect nathaniel jeremiah bradlee on an isolated site in rural massachusetts. A site called hawthorne hill also known as hathorne hill in danvers was chosen for the new hospital. It was part of the countrywide concept at least in the late 1800s that people with psychological problems needed to be cured inside specially made facilities. The scenic vistas fresh air and acres of farm land.
Construction on danvers state hospital started in 1874 and the first. Many paranormal investigators have tried to sneak into the compound but they got arrested before entering.