3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

Wow someone definatly spent some time "drawing" in there huh?
That's a crazy concept....with the angels and all.

Like I said, Your Black & whites are AMAZING. This is def. a great shot. I like the composure on this, the angles make it look almost 3 -d

Motts -
Stick to the Black & Whites
Most things especially old biuldings like this seem to stand out more in black in white. Almost like your experiencing it as a historical place and sometimes when you see it in color, it tends to take away that feeling. You just seem to see a brick building, and not a place captured in time, if that makes sense....

Nice rule of thirds Motts.....
Say are there any of these types of Buildings in Florida? should you know any names I can research them myself....

Oh god. I may be mistaken but that looks like the stairwell my brother came down wrapped in a sheet believing he was the second coming oif christ. I was about 8 yrs old and scared outta my mind. My brother was shizophrenic,manic., etc.

Great site! Here's some interesting facts. I basically "grew up" at this hospital. Lived in nearby peabody with most relative residing in danvers. My dad was in an out of there for alcohol treatment in the mid to late 60's. I was a baby and my mom would bring a little picnic and we would visit ( i don't recall too much as i was about 2). my dadi passed in 1972 and again I was there visiting my older brother who was confined there off an on for schizofrenia and manic depression. Now being older, around 7 - 11 yrs. old, i remember eery and disturbing images of that place, that still haunt me today. My mom would lock me in the car to run in my brother some cigarettes or something and the weird patients coming up to the vehicle banging on the window..........i could go on an on. I'm 40 now and this place will haunt me forever. I later met someone whose mom worked there full-time for years during the early to late 60's as a nurse and this girl too pretty much grew up there having to accompany her mother to work at times.

That's an awesome capture of a shadow ghost!!!

I'm in Australia and i cannot belive the USA allows these wonderful building to be pulled down. We convert ours or turn them in to museums like Ararat, the 14 so buildings of Mont Park, Melbourne are now houses of grandness.

Tis a beautiful photo.

They won't be there much longer... or in any state hopsital in MA for that matter: http://www.opacity.us/...t_of_wrong_hands.htm

my fingers are itching to get a hold of some of those papers....simply because they exist. pipe fittings sound great to me!

the emergence from the dark is just stunning...i seemed to, for a second, see the doors in their original beauty before realizing the room's actual state.

the solid red irritates me...makes me want to bust through it, let something else be seen.

This really makes you think how they try to take care of everybodys belongings

ye gods that is beautiful.