1,256 Comments for Foxboro State Hospital

Unless you're hittler, or somebody evil like that, why in the world would you want to put barbbed wire in too the head of somebody just because they were disabled? I cannot see the value in this, and true some testing was done on state school children and other disabled people who lived in places such as this I'm thinking here of the tests done in the mid part of the 1900 the thing with the radation? State Boys Rebellion, all that but I really find it hard to beleive they would do such, the only word that comes to mind is natziesc sorts of prosedures. such as barbed wire inside the skull, odds and ends in someone's chest, and such like that. But what do I know? Maybe they did. I hope this isn't the truth... but if it is. God help us, God help us all and forgive us...

Oh, the soap. We either got that nasty mintyish smelling liquid or that sickly pink stuff that smelled like a cross between the lady's room at church and old lady... YUCK!

They did something very much like that in the younger girls' department at the state school for the blind when I was there. We were three or four girls to one large room. We each had a desk, chair, twin bed and a chest of drawrs oh and a closet.

On each drawr in the chest of drawrs there was, on the out side of each drawr, masking tape with the name of that drawr's contense. So you'd have one that said "Toiletries" and one that said "Socks and undergarmets" and one for pants or shorts or whatever.

Now, you might be asking yourself, if this was in a school for blind children, why the print? This was, I'm guessing, for the bennifit of the overnight staff who had to help some of us get ready in the morning... And for any dorm staff, if they had to find something for us. Either they changed things or when you got to be an older girl I don't remmber but I do know that the older girls, teens, ect. didn't have this, only the little kids.

Dee Dee Dee! Weak. This is quite an interesting shot.

The good ol' Foxboro PD. Never around when you need them, always there when you dont.

My mother lives right up the road, the new safety complex sits is the hospitals spot today.

when I worked here it was a Chapel, the gym was across the street in the administration building. underground the Chapel was a 2 lane bowling alley along with storage rooms. these rooms contained ballroom gowns from long ago. this campus was a nice place to work - lots of times the "scary" noises were the patients hallucinating. it was not a horrible place when I worked there. in inclement weather the tunnels were used to get to the other side of campus. this is a great picture, it brings back many memories.

Why is D.M.H. Records still scattered in the main asylum building.

This is an amazing shot it makes you feel like eve nif yoyr sad now, you'll feel better soon if you push through. I feel like i've been here before, you know? Thats what this pic makes me feel at least. ...drip...drip...drip...

I worked on these grounds when it was for the mentally challenged people. It was a BEAUTIFUL place! There was a bowling alley underground (2 lanes). There was also a cafe', great hall (ballroom) we used as a gym, the church for Sunday services. During inclement weather we used the tunnel to get across Chestnut St. Romms off the tunnel had beautiful ball gowns from years gone by. Across the street there was a building "Dexter Bldg." also. We had our own greenhouse in which the clients used. The screams heard were usually the clients with behaviors, everyone spoke of the "ghosts" walking the halls: generally late night. At one time the Patriots practiced behind these buildings & always let the staff & clients watch. Even though it appeared scary & forbidden to the outsider I would not in a million years trade my time there. I miss the Foxboro campus.

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We have been looking for info on this place. Real hard to find! If anyone knows anyone who worked there, or even stayed there, I would love to hear from you! Julie4772@msn.com

My ex worked at this place many years ago when it was still open for use, when they did the Jayceese haunted house, I'm surprised you didn't go in any of the tunnels.

Excellent. Those guys were a royal pain in the a**!!! I was driving down the street to find a place to park just to take a looksie and about 3 cops were following me till I was at least a half mile away from the place. A bit paranoid??

looks like a 50's oven