3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

BigED -- I loved your eloquent comment on 4-17. Have you or anyone else who posts on this site read Danvers State: Memoirs of a Nurse in the Asylum? I bought it through Amazon. I wish the writer had been more descriptive of the Kirkbride itself, but it is a very interesting depiction of what life was like for the patients and caretakers themselves. I, too, became enamored of Danvers after I bought Session 9. The best parts of the DVD were the comments of the director and some of the actors -- actually that part of the DVD was a lot more interesting than the movie itself. And as I have stated in several posts on this site -- there are some artifacts being offered on ebay.

I just Googled Danvers, and there is a book of old photographs of Danvers on e-bay selling for $1,000. A few weeks ago, there was a brick on e-bay with the highest bid at the time for $26.00 (for one brick from Danvers!) plus $19.50 for shipping.

Jmack - super link - thanks!

one of the best photos from this series ...
here is a link for some patients art works
http://www.danvers-state-ia.com/art.html

I love youse guys too!! I've been sitting here laughing my head off -- even while I am so PO'd about the demolition.

I posted on a previous picture that a brick from Danvers was going for $26 on e-bay, plus $19.50 shipping.

I absolutely agree with Jules this did not have to happen. AvalonBay is the company that bought the property and have demolished almost all of the site. So, I hope they go bankrupt and that the place makes no money for them. They could have used the entire Kirkbride building for a museum or art museum or whatever. It just goes to show that money talks -- and you know what walks. It disgusts me entirely.

It's called GREED and the American Way.

This is one of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen. At least we have this to hold on to, since it no longer exists. Alas.

I have this photo as my wallpaper on my computer at work. I get so sad when I see this and know it no longer exists. Bye the way, I noticed recently that a brick from the demolition was going for $26.00 on e-bay. Some things never fail to amaze me.

Damn! 8`-(

Like I said in my remarks on the previous picture -- I hope the spirits of those poor souls run these greedy low lifes out and that they go into bankruptcy.

As of today, April 25, 2006, almost the entire Kirkbride building has been demolished, along with all of the outbuildings -- it's an American Tragedy. I hope the ghostly spirits of all of the mentally departed haunt the new construction. I'm just so totally incensed about this waste.

Yeah -- too bad it no longer exists! They have torn down almost the whole Kirkbride building.

it is a geri-chair .... I do not recall them reclining back. We used them for the elderly patients to keep them from assaulting the staff / patients or hurting themselves.

I'm pretty sure this was shot from inside the room...