1,944 Comments for Worcester State Hospital

Mr. Motts!-What, no carabiners? ;-)

I made a comment about the previous photo that could apply to this photo.
I do believe mass showering was thought of as a timesaver. Hosing down in particular would get the job done even faster. I doubt the patients showered daily. What a horrible thing to have to undertake-by both staff and patients.

Damn Motts, do you wait till i'm offline to post new pics? Thanks for the new ones!!!! ;-) (at least give me a heads up on a scale pic)

Mr. Motts, Was there overhead plumbing visible?

if there is a staff to patient ratio involved, I guess the more the merrier :-)

reminds me of the wartime cartoons of the little guy with the gasmask...
Excellent shot!

so this device kept track of electrical currents in conjunction with equipment used for ,oh, say, >shock < treatment 8-O

..anybody know if those are solenoids?

...pointing to the depths of....

this is what I meant... the lower brick area doesn't look to be mortised-like the windows...the upper floors look mortised and I think they closed up open porches sometime later....

I love the steps...very inviting : (

reminds me of a quaker round house or grain building

er, I think the porches were enclosed later with the brick. Once upona they were probably open to the air. Make sense? : )

yes, yes, Lynne 10 of 10

...hard to believe there were many more structures attached left and right and behind this...still harder to believe they were all destroyed and this was all that was spared. Yet true.