3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

I think its mainly the grey and overcast skies that give it that feeling Grace.

This is one of the if not THE best shot in this trip's collection. It's so different for you. I love the soft off center lighting.

I quite agree with you. ;)

I don't know if it was the stress of your trip that day or the fact that the skies were very overcast, but the majority of this gallery is much more dark, brooding and unsettling. It doesn't have your usual style. I really like this new aspect of your photography.

Looks like something you would see in a German Expressionist film.

I wouldn't doubt that bats actually do reside here,not vampire bats ofcourse.

I came acroos this web site on accident when i was lookin up information in the willowbrook state school....the pics on here are absolutely amazing....and alot of them depict the living conditions in thses schools and hospitals very well... im an employee of the central new york DSO andive recently been spending alot of time looking in to the history of these opld state facilities and such... i was wondering if u had any info on willowbrook????

That water tower *rules*.

Whereabouts is this place in relation to Boston?

That is a fantastically Gothic shot.

Suddenly I have a mental image of stepping out of a door onto a floor that isn't there, looking around unhappily for a couple of seconds Sylvester-style, before plunging to the bottom with a little puff of smoke, just like in the old cartoons...

On second thoughts, I'm glad it only happens in cartoons :-)

Vampire, natch!

Thanks, rich. So damned sad, it is.

[heavy sigh . . . . . . . ]

I really don't know which one of you girls to smack first. :-)

Little brown bats, vampire bats, flying foxes., baseball bats...what kind, Lynne!

Twug, from what I've read about the Danvers proposals, the outer buildings are all to be demolished and the Kirkbride badly mutilated. The roof and top floor will be removed and a new roof fitted, and the wings cut right back, almost to the main building.

And they call this preservation - it's a criminal act of wanton vandalism, nothing more. I can't remember the URL of the page I saw this on but I think it may be one of the Danvers preservation groups linked from the main Danvers page of Motts' site.

I can't help thinking that if we had buildings like this in England, they'd be so well-protected that the developers wouldn't be able to paint the walls a different colour without fillingout twenty forms in triplicate. That's how strict we are here about things like this. Too damn right I say.

is Danvers on the National Register of Historic Places? And if so, what weight does this carry in planning terms?

Yeah, I thought I'd see how long you remained speechless. ;-)