1,927 Comments for Pilgrim State Hospital

alright, "andrew" I don't know how old you were, but I'm sure I'm not too far off my dear.
Listen, I love abandoned buildings, and I love
going inside them.
There was one, not too far from my house that
I loved to go inside.
My brothers and I always went inside when we
were younger, and as we got older it became a
place we loved.
We even fixed up rooms and made it ours.
When my oldest brother got kicked out, we all
pitched in and made the goddamn house close
to livable. All he needed was electricity and running water, we basically re-built the floors and walls.
Then one day some kids from the middle school went in and burnt down most of what we had done.
Then a few weeks later, our precious "house" we had made was,
demolished.
Please, don't do what you do. I know it's hard not to give into peer pressure, but not going along is the best thing to do.
And urban exploration, I believe should only
be done with one or two close friends with
similar interests.

You would be surprised. There are hospitals that are accredited with JACHO(sic?)
have to have in storage, a certain number of gallons of potable water(suitable for drinking), non potable water(not suitable for drinking), gasoline for generators, as well as food rations, blankets and linens, in the event of a disaster.
Granted, the barrels in this picture are likely past the expiration date, but storing water and basic necessities is not just a Cold War relic, or a war relic in general. It is still in common practice.
You just don't hear about it.
Infact, the last time we heard anyone really stress the importance of storage, was during Y2K, when everyone scrambled for the world to fall apart on New Years.

I love how you can see where the books once were on the shelves. Odd, creepy, yet beautiful.

Sorry, but Steve, although that's true it's incerdibly disgusting. But it definitely is a relic of the war, and americas history.
They never taught me any of this in AP History..

I would love to live in such a beautiful structure. I mean these places were built to house the sick, and a lot of times, let's face it, they became homes for everyone.
In Danvers they used to allow poor people to live there for 1 month, free room and board. I assume that happened at many hospitals.
These places were amazing, and it's a shame to see them falling apart.
I would LOVE to buy one of these hospitals and renovate them.
But it's costs so much, you'd need to get them right when they closed. I hope someday to buy a small hospital that closed in Haverhill not too long ago, and shouldn't cost too much. I'm sure the other hospital on the ground will close soon enough, it's already old, and has a reputation for malpractice.
The building isn't nearly as beautiful as this one, and it's in a residential area, but I would love to take it over and renovate it.
Same thing with the mill buildings in the cities around me.
Currently my father and I buy run-down houses, restore them, and sell them again, and it's always fantastic to see them renovated, and to go through the layers of paint and wall paper, to see what's been there, and to imagine what when on.
I can just imagine what it would be like to renovate a hospital...

The drinking water is kind of a cold war relic, many of the buildings at pigrim house fallout shelters,the top line on top of the drum is the level at which water is to be filled, the bottom is for level at which feces is to be stored when the water is empty.

Let Conversation Cease.
(so that we may listen)
Let Laughter Flee.
(so that we may take this seriously)
This is the Place Where Death Delights To Help
the Living.
(Let the dead speak so that we may learn from them in order to help the living)

Perhaps that line of thought helps to remove some of the morbidity from the quote and the location of the quote.
The dead speak of their diseases to the living, and the wrongly dead scream out the cause of death.
Ask any Medical Examiner worth their salt, about the things that they have heard the dead speak of.

Do you have a source for attributing the saying to Giovanni Morgagni?

Actually, you can see whatever type of paint they put on it peeling off in a spot toward the top of the photo.

omg...this is amazing my aunt dusnt live 2 far from there u can kinda see the top from her house.....its awsome!

Such a convoluted series of statements. What is it that you think WE are all about, Mathue. Last time I checked we were brought together by Motts's site because of our love of old buildings. Please correct me if I am wrong!

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> You people are obsessive about these places, just take
> your pictures and shut up, big deal.
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You seem surprised that there are people here that are passionate about old buildings.....
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You sure you're in with the right crowd here?
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I just love these panorama shots

The ceiling looks like an umbrella with the cloth missing.

I had a spinal fusion surgery done on a table similar to that about 9 months ago..