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The banisters only remained on the flight leading up to the top floor, which is in the background.

Nope... too far away :-)

Thank you for the kind words! Although the comments from various visitors range from extremely insightful to just horrendous, I think the latter gives one an interesting perspective on the stigmas still associated with mental health in modern USA.

Also, perhaps you and anyone else who have lived/worked at NSH, or are interested in more about the hospital, might want to try to pick up a small book called "The Life and Death of Northampton State Hospital" by J. Michael Moore (1993). It contains some great history and also details the closing quite well... it may be hard to find though.

Judging by their aim, I suspect this may have been done by the same individuals who tossed the paper out the window earlier.

Looks like they're getting ready to examine the chair.

This is my first time visiting your site. I have to say have to say having been an employee of the former Northampton State Hospital, I found most of the comments, from people visiting the site both ignorarant and appalling. I found you as a photagrapher brilliant. you captured the devastation of a once beautiful building and it's architectural design and use of light. This building should have been maintained, updated, obviously there was equipmnet that would no longer have been in use. The building clearly would have been have been more beneficial to the treatment of the patients during the time of their stay, with the conjuction of medication, which I am sure you discovered. I really hope you still read your posts so you know how much I appreciated seeing your pictures after all these years. Just alittle insight, I grew up with a family that worked at the State Hospital, I remember the Main building when it was a functioning building, when I started at the hospital, it was still in fair condition, and in my teens we too used to sneek in. Only at the time we never thought it would close so we never thought to take pictures. Thanks

The peeling paint makes it look like the building has some sort of disease.

This has the feeling of some long forgotten catacombs, that have only now just been discovered.

My goodness, what exquisite ironwork!

Speaking of 'hood' I am from this general area in upstate, NY. I always wanted to explore this place. Beautiful and strange place...

lovely shot

Thank you for another awesome wonderful trip! Must get tiring dragging all of us with you on all your travels lol. You rock!

You never let us down Motts - always a lone chair to be found somewhere!

Rod for the curtain is still up. Great colors.