765 Comments for Taunton State Hospital

I'm really stupid here..how exactly did that door open/ close?

I can't get over how clean the bottom ivory part of the wall looks!

Ive been there!!

I know it's frowned upon to take things other than photos, but if that towel wasn't so manky I would have taken it. Knowing that the place was going to be flattened anyway, I don't see the point in leaving it.

love the reflection! Awesome work.

Okay, I've been wandering this site now for over a week, lurking, if you will. But at this room, I have to just say, "far out"! Love and obsessed with this site!

looks like the underside of a large insect like creature....solid stuff

Thanks; unfortunately I don't get to do much historical research before heading out; after the initial map/access research, there just isn't enough time. Many places are even demolished or renovated by the time I get there due to spotty info or outdated maps. I just started finding abandoned places around my local area, and just spread out from there!

Wow, gorgeous pictures. Do you do alot of investigation about a location before going onsite? I take pictures as a hobby as I've never been able to afford formal training but for a couple of classes but my question is do you accept pictures from amateurs & then go do further work? I'm just curious how you got into this work as I would love to do the same. The combination of history & art (photos) is a dream career &/or hobby. & one more question or rather comment, I would think people would want the history & look of these places preserved, I wonder why they are not more corporative, if not grateful. Just a thought.

Sadly, the Kirkbride complex at Taunton was razed in 2009, so there's nothing left to see. I believe most of the remaining buildings are still being used for mental health and addiction treatment.

The abandoned buildings have always been illegal to enter, which is why a massive anti-climb fence was placed around the complex. I think the fence is still standing, protecting an empty field these days...

Is it legal to go in there? Or do you need the towns permission or something along those lines?

Wow! We found the exact same items in the basements of Edgewood Hospital (of the Pilgrim State Complex) in New York back in the 1980s. The canned water was edible, as were the tinned biscuits. I'm mildly curious if these still were. I know, a strange thing to wonder about. LOL

The classic Lonely Chair!

I don't think so; the furniture left behind in the wards was pretty empty.

The marks in the photo were more of an exception; I don't recall many other scratches/marks in the building.