4,224 Comments for Northampton State Hospital

Could someone tell me if this was once the
Rehab. dept?

Wow, I love both of your takes. They both show such different feelings from the same place.

It just shows how much photography really is a work of art as the impressions of the person behind the camera influence the end product.

Thank you for sharing beastie

Makes you wonder how such a horrible place could be nessled in such a beautiful place!

I like how the windows give a sign of optimism to the deteriorating inside.

This is a black and white picture. There is nothing blue in a black and white picture.


(unless I'm missing something)

Rusty water. Mr. Motts stated it under the picture.

is that real blood or rusty water?

Why haven't those been removed and stored away safely somewhere? Apart from anything else, they must be worth a few bob! I can imagine so many imbeciles wetting themselves with excitement at the prospect of destroying them with a well-praced rock :(

Is this part of the Kirkbride building or the 1900s part (I ask because that stained glass is almost Art Nouveau in design...)

I so wish no vandal ever puts a stone thru those!

....looks like ...Pea soup! From a Pub!

probably, if the seat was really old, the new oak ones you see today are pretty smooth, but not made for a long sitting session

Back then, everything was made to last a hundred years or more...

...But wouldn't sitting bare on a wooden seat be prone to giving splinters?

That ~is~ dogfood. My aunt resided in both Ancora and Graystone, and insisted that the food served was really dogfood. I can still hear her...
"It looks like dogfood, it smells like dogfood, it tastes like dogfood. it ~is~ dogfood"

This place is also known as Shock Corridor. I'v been in this same spot years ago at night, and will never return to it.

being a new yorker, I hate to disappoint but the public library isnt quite this breathtaking..but the city itself is gorgeous. definately plan a trip sometime...you won't regret it, sallie