3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

it looks so lonely

ever wonder why the whole place is painted red?that in its self should tell you what they did to people there.

YA,ITS LIKE BLOOD DRIPPING FROM THEM ALL. SOME ONE NEED TO STOP THEM FROM TAIRING IT DOWN>

I can still see the water tower from my work in Salem , can't see the top's of the building's any more.

I think it say's Ann Hanslin, I did a search and it fits. Still very sad

I love the Archetecture. BEAUTIFUL

I want to confess my sins to this picture.

That Shot is just BREATHTAKING

This one is morbid to me almost. yes you can't leave, but look at your pretty curtains... No just the feel the the room. It makes me nervous to go to that room.

This one gives me goose bumps

Just Plain Creepy *ugh, shiver*

Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing Big Ed!

I can tell you if this is the third floor, the door to the ward is not the one that was first installed there. The following story occured after the fire. We had moved to the 1st floor, because the annex on the 3rd floor was toast basically. (Kinda neat lighbulbs had melted in their sockets.)

A patient had broken the 3rd floor door lock in an escape attempt. It was our job to watch the door as well as the patients. Several colleagues and I decided screw this noise. Lets find us a door. We went out got some tools and went an stole the 3rd floor door and hung it on the 1stt floor . We then brought the 1st floor door up to the 3rd floor and rehung that door there. The way we looked at it, it made the floor a more secure floor.

I agree with Gustav, I'd buy your book. Also I love the ceiling there... The hall feels like it would never end, and would you want it too. Especially if you didn't know what you would find at the end.

Reminds me of the elementary school I went to in Ohio. The stair well was similar to this... when I look back on that ,the school was more like an asylum than the mental wards I've worked in.