3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

The roof here is pretty solid, the problem areas are where the original slate roof is gone, exposing the wood underneath to the elements, which in turn makes the hole bigger, drips down into the interiors, and starts a chain reaction of slow destruction.

I've seen them in many Kirkbride buildings, I'm not sure if they are a standard form of their construction though.

It's those glass cubes... this area was renovated or added onto the original Kirkbride - the doors in other sections were all wood.

that counter is so cool how its looks like its "floating" in the air its amazing what kind of shots places that we ue give off.

Other than for supporting the weight of the building, the basements contained steam pipes, passages for maintenance personnel, equipment for storage, and was also used as a fallout shelter.

they do look like the collage form session 9 in the last part of the movie where he realizes that he killed his family and then goes really crazy.

I think the skylight is to shed natural light down the center staircase in administration.

Take a look at the beautiful ceiling medallion in the top right corner, its partially obscured by the fluorescent lighting that was fitted later.

Twug, the clippings did not look related to each other in the sense of it being a collage.

Ed, I believe the Session 9 wall was either partly or entirely created by the film crew, this is the real stuff!

Yes, there are a bunch that are still being used as psychiatric hospitals, including the ones in Independence IA, Danville PA, and Dayton OH.

Awesome!!!!

Ever installed any soap dispensers, Ed??

Your from VA rob? you know any good abandoned mental hospitals in the Danville/Pittsylvania County area?

Wow, Thats a great shot, I watched Session 9 forever and a day ago, I diddn't know it was filmed here. In fact, when i saw this shot i thought, "Hey, this looks like the tunnel from Session 9", go figure right?

Marty, you can have all my willlies. I don't like them!