3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

Where were we all in June, 1979?

This light is so scary!

Such sadness...I wish I could have helped them all!

If only those walls could talk...what would they say?

I've always been fascinated with the Bonner Building. It's a shame that this too was demolished. When it was a fully operational hospital, it served many patients. It was still relatively new-what a waste of resources! Another fairly newer hopital, St. Vincents in Worcester, was also closed. It was only about 50 years old. I can't stand waste. If you were born in the Depression, there was NO waste. My dad said there used to be an old saying back then, "Use it up, wear it out, make it due, do without." Nothing went to waste.

What's cool about DSH, is that not only does it look like a castle, but also has the architecturial elements of a large church. It's a real shame that they closed Our Lady of the Hill Chapel on the property so soon. The patients could have used some spiritual support. Also, keeping it opened could have brought on blessings to keep the whole campus opened and perserved. Prayer IS powerful-and so is the Blessed Mother and Jesus. They tried to close our church, St. Joseph's in Worcester, but with alot of prayers and rosaries, we got the church back again!

I lived in this building on the top right floor. The place was called centerpoint. It is now in tewksbury ma.

When I lived at centerpoint we had those doors in the basement. They lead to the tunnels between the buildings

I used to live in the building infront of this building at centerpoint. We went in the building all the time before it was boarded. We used the gym alot

again, does anyone know if the tunnels were actually filled in or not?

weren't there tunnels that ran to the power station and the hogan?

By the way, the "CMT" stands for "Certified Music Therapist". I was blessed that my college had a Music Therapy program. I went into it during my sophomore year. Previously, I was a Bio-pre-med major, but it really wasn't my bag. My interest was more in the Arts, so that I was able to combine my love for music and to help people at the same time.

its so strange to think about all of this, we are learning about this stuff in my pysch class and it doesnt seem real until you actually go there. A few of my friends and myself are thinking of driving out there. i would love to major in something like this in college but im not sure they even have a major for this stuff!

im so sad they are renovating it! i think its a great historical piece of mass! The pics are awesome!

I have been in McLeans (before it was converted to condo's)...very scary stuff..ive been trying to find pictures of the old hospital. It was a marvel in terms of architecture...like a small college campus..all interconnected with an subterranian network of maintanance halls, which had to be, if i recall correctly, two to three flights below ground. It was cold as hell down there (never mind pitch black, even with a maglight)..final statement..the chapel was notoriously known for having over a hundred teddy bears hanging in nooses from the ceiling..now tell me THATS not crazy...whats crazier..is that the new condo development cleverly chose the chapels basement as the foundation for thier community pool!

Great photo! Art Therapy is very helpful, along with Music Therapy. I am Music Therapist, and have worked with psychiatric, geratric, and mentally retarded clients. I found that the Creative Arts Therapies helped with client expression, when mere words could not. I really miss DSH-it was the most beautiful piece of asylum architecture that I have ever seen. DSH has a "haunting" atmostphere that speaks of both beauty and sadness. It is a shame that they did not rehab the entire campus, and create a therapeutic environment for clients.