3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

Na, no ghosts, no such thing, but the building itself is magnifacent. Looking at it and knowing that so many lives passed there that were troubled in so many ways, the suffering, the pain. The beautiful building only gave them shelter and warmth. 1/3 of it, with a new interior, will still give warmth and shelter to people, but in a much happier invironment. There is one thing for certain; It will never be as magnifacent and beautiful as it was when Motts took these photos. See how some uncaring person has broken the window and window frame. So sad.

I didn't know that frontal lobe lobtomy was developed at Danvers. How do you know that Mike?

wow!!!!

The b&w and the weather make this picture look really old.

Amazing! i am soo enjoying the shots on your website! it looks like the scene from clockwork orange!

Yeah, once you leave the site it won't let you back in.

"Dreary asylum" my aching hindquarters! >:-[

Here is a link to the article, and there is a slideshow with it. However, if you are a Danvers Hospital fan, the slideshow is quite painful:

http://www.boston.com/...urious_homes?mode=PF

Well, dangit! I got to the site quickly and easily when I first went looking for this, but now when I go back it wants you to register before it will let you view the article. >:-[

if anyone in or near the boston area is interested there is a article in the boston sunday globe today in the globe north section of the paper , about the current progress of the devolopment .

this place could have ghosts that are going to kill you with a heart attack

staying in a place like this would freak you out if you went some place like this bring candy and a gun

Rented Session 9 just because it was about this lovely place..wish they had used the alternate ending though...

this picture is VERY freaky!

Thanks Mr. Motts for giving us all a chance to see these beautiful places. Your Photogaphy is great!! All the buildings are beautiful, but Danvers is THE beauty among beauties. At least the shell of the center 1/3 of the building was spared, and the new buildings around it are built on the same theme as the old Kirkbride.

motts this looks like blood it has a horrible presence around it

I 've been hooked on this site for days now.

I remember having a nightmare involving an abandoned Victorian House in my town, the slope of a caved in hard wood floor, an old piano and my own mild virtigo made for a spooky dreamscape. I think thats why Im so fascinated by this and other sites on this subject.