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I have one of those banisters. The guy I'm dating (I mentioned him in another comment) lives not even 5 minutes away from DSH and he took me there because he knows it's my favorite of the MA state hospitals. We were looking around the patient cemetery, and I found one of those banisters in the woods, so I grabbed it. I found a brick too, which I'm pretty sure also came from the kirk.

I love this shot. The angles are great, and I like how you did it in B&W.

That one unboarded window. It's almost like an eye, looking out on the world.

This is a beautiful shot of the building. I love the trees; it makes for a very peaceful-looking picture.

I've seen this type of wheel chair around in hospitals up until a few years ago. They are incredibly durable.

Well, maybe, but they don't put you on this gurney until after you've passed on.

Maybe it's from the porn shoot.....

I'm dating a guy who's lived in Danvers his whole life, and he's been exploring for a while. He and his friends used to come to DSH and set off fireworks from this roof. He actually used to work security here too. He's got tons of videos from his time at DSH on YouTube. Lucky guy he was to be able to experience this place so thoroughly.

From this photo, the facade of the building looks to be in perfect shape, like it could still be occupied and functioning as a hospital. It's almost like looking back in time.

I love when there are still curtains on the windows in abandoned places. There are some at Taunton State Hospital, too, but the ones I've seen aren't nearly in as good a condition as these ones are.

At any rate, this is a phenomenal photo. I'd love to have it framed and hanging in my living room. Absolutely stunning.

I think this is the only picture I've ever seen of this portion of the kirkbride (athough it's not *technically* part of the kirk because it's an annex). The operating room addition always fascinated me because I knew what it was used for, but I never knew what it looked like inside. Now, thanks to you, I do.

I love that this remained after all those years of being uninhabited. I'm sure the patient never thought that outside people would find what inspired him/her so fascinating.

I can't stop coming back to these photos and looking at them over and over again. DSH is what got me into UE, and while I never got to see her in all of her original glory, the building holds a lot of meaning for me. It's such an amazing place, and it's a real shame that she's gone.

I work for an Office Supplier, selling furniture. That desk sells for about $800 new, the chairs are $200, the 3 drawer file cabinet goes for $350, the storage cabinet is around $300, and the white board + stand is about $400. Insane. everyone was probably locked out the morning of the layoff and given the bird.

As for the plant, the office is still on the grid, and has to stay on. It would cost the county too much to take it off the grid completely.

It is clearly a chimney Kempkes.