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Hello Lyric. I agree with you. Perhaps not a "Cloaked Monster" ... but - a Psychotic Patient ... holding a gleaming, sharp medical instrument ... just waiting ...

ONE can't, but with the help of a second person, it CAN happen. :-)

Very interesting shot. I wonder what may be at the top of those stairs ???

I love how much conversation there was about the toaster. Thanks for that.

Ah yes ... better living through chemicals

Interesting (and CREEPY !) photos. One can't help but wonder what types of "medical proceedures" really were done to the patients ???

I was there today, it's crazy how they have the patient files lying around everywhere! I can't wait to go back and explore more. Where exactly is this house that everyone's talking about?

OK, I was partially mistaken. I called a friend who knows about the carousel and she told me that originally the town of Belchertown wanted to buy it, but could not raise the funds. The State then auctioned it off and it was bought by a Holyoke man who originally planned to repair it, then resell it to the Holyoke Heritage Park committee.This fell through and the owner decided to dismantle it and sell the individual horses/swans/ etc. to private collectors. I did a quick search to see what I could find and found this interesting reference. Sadly, I wish I had been right; the carousel almost made it to Heritage Park in one piece, but now no longer exists. Thanks for the up-to-date info, Kitty. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~plalli/posters

Hi Kitty- Perhaps over the years merry-go-rounds got moved around, but I know the Belchertown State School carousel moved from there to Holyoke. At the time (the 70's, I believe) it made the news because the carousel had some historical value and there was pressure to find it a home and not see it lost. I remember Mountain Park too and have been there long ago. perhaps there are two carousels? Or the BSS one is now elsewhere? I'll try to research it.

More on the carousel...http://www.holyokemerrygoround.org/

The carousel at Heritage State Park is the one that used to be in the now-defunct Mountain Park, also in Holyoke. That park closed in the late 1980s when Riverside began expanding, and has since been subject to demolition and several fires.

Beautiful shot.
If only they could have spent the same attention to the people in this building, as they did in its design and construction. Then this place might have had a different history all together.
I wonder how many people stared at the ceilings in this place and tried to forget they were there.

Wow, Motts!
You are able to capture so much in just one photograph.
Love the angle.
Your site is addicting!

I see the light!
Just beautiful!

"Old Main" at Northampton State Hospital was covered with ivy and other vines, then one day a groundskeeper went around cutting the vines off at their bases so they'd die. The place was abandoned so I don't understand it. Of course, they did grow back eventually. By the way, this kind of ivy stays green in the winter.