4,224 Comments for Northampton State Hospital

I was hoping he didn't take my beer either. I needed it at Byberry last Sunday!

Well, if it looks cleaner then you remembered, then its quite possible that something was there distorting your view on it... and the camera actually shows the realness of the image.

Oh damn... looks like they had a calender and were scratching away the days as they went.

Im a fire fighter and not too long ago I responded to a place and went inside for the odor of gas... well, it kinda looked like that, and creeped me out enough to leave.

I hope those are rust stains...

I think I actually see something on the floor all the way at the end... kinda like a body being propped up on its front arms.

great gallery mr. motts waiting patiently for the next one

You are a truly excellent photographer. You make me feel as if I were there.

this is a beautiful shot love the colors and those windows

Thanks for the info. I wish that something could be done to save it. It's a beautiful building. Many people in my area think it should be demolished because it points out that we housed the mentally ill in poor conditions. I'm actually going to school as a history major to (hopefully) later become an activist to preserve historic buildings. They're disappearing right and left. Right now in my town, they are building a new jail and the old one will just be knocked down despite how old and beautiful it is. The Community Development group offered to restore this beautiful old bank building in my town and because they didn't get it done and it's been lingering the project is about to be shut down. The building will either be torn down or renovated into a restaurant or something like that.

Your site makes me even more sure of what I want to do for a living. The buildings are important to our history. Once they're gone, they're gone. Your work is important.

The buildings around the Kirkbride are being abated and demolished, and as far as I know the main building is slated for demolition, but there has been talk of patching up the roof for possible re-use.

MassDevelopment seems to be in charge of the demolition: http://massdevelopment.com/search/search.aspx?query=northampton

Motts,

How much of the buildings were left? I live close to NSH and last time I was up there, a large portion of one building was knocked down and there were bulldozers everywhere. Is the majority of the hospital still there? I thought maybe the part I was seeing that was demolished was where the portico fell down a while back.

I heard that the construction has been stopped because of difficulty locating the unmarked gravees. Not sure how much truth there is to that.

I'm lovin' that door too...

The walls give me a feeling of emptiness.

I think that's the top of it at the bottom of the photo.