1,522 Comments for Metropolitan State Hospital

The thing holding it up looks like a bird's wishbone.

Love this one

Great photo

Its probably gone by now... this is one of the buildings I believe is gonna get renevated.. prbly taken out when they did the asbestos removal...

If you look at the building just above the right side of the 'V', you can see a small area of pavement- that is and old gated off acess route in the back. If you ever want to see Met State legally, then just drive down Emeline St and go all the way down and around.. you will be looking inbetween the male and female employees housing staright at the spot where Motts is taking the picture....

The CTG is directly to the right of him on the hill...

Actually, I dont think that MetState is going down the same exact path as Danvers and others... I hear that the golf course is only supposed to be a smaller one to the front (9 holes). But, thats even if it gets built. I have the luck to live within 5 minutes of the place, so I hear whats happening and not happening there. They have been saying for years now that thats whats gonna happen, but I think that idea was scraped. Currently, it seems as though the main road leading from Trapleo Raod in Waltham all the way to the other road in Belmont is turned into a parkway, which will soon be open to the public. Hiking trails and bike paths are also being put in in the woods between there and Gabler Childrens Hospital (another abandoned hospital that I live within 5 mins of :) ). Then, from what I hear, the Medical and CTG will be renovated into housing or buisnesses. No word on the other buildings yet... and DEFINATELY NO WAL*MART! And, sice we are on the topic, there is a 3rd abandoned hospital :) the oppostie way of gabler on Trapelo Road called Olympus Specalty (Middlesex County Sanitarium in its earlier years) that closed down around 1999. Unfortunately, Pulte Homes bought that and has all ready leveled the place and opened condos on it. The only untouched hospital of the three is Gabler Childrens... which is owned by the city and sits on new conservetion land called 'Mackarel Hill'...

(my fingers hurt)

Anyone got an update on which buildings are standing? It mite be easy to 'legally' view MetState from this new parkway they are hopefully gonna be opening... dunno what the means for the future of the buildings though...

ahhh, the (in)famous chair, gota love the classics. Seriously though, you capture the true feel of the hospital in all your photos. I just have to visit this place some day.

I could see these photos appearing in a magazine, like National Geographic. They are that good. Bravo Motts!

I love the glass blocks. At my house, there is a doorway blocked up with glass blocks. It lets in a great amount of light in with neat shadows. I love the abstract mangling of the shadows and hall behind the glass blocks. NICE!

Fear.

My mother worked here in the 1970s. Having resigned myself, 2 years ago, from a currently active agency , I wish I could say things have changed for the better for people with developmental disabilities. They haven't.

wow, thats a really nice couch, or used to be, anyways great photo

I could use that kind of support.........getting old aint for sissies!

striaght jacket or bra... still for restraint