1,944 Comments for Worcester State Hospital

...and so we've cometo a conclusion its a shocky thingy =]

If you ever come across a lamp with paws, like from the old days, tell me! I love them! I wanted to steal one while in Newport RI, but it's kinda twice my size and there were a lot of people there. Haha.

We should all squat on the land for however it takes for us to claim it. =]. hahah. Then we could restore it and make some kind of awesome museum. Or at least better than the Public Health Museum they have at Tewksbury State Hospital. It's only open by request and it's basically the stupidest thing ever. Ugh.

The railins do look strange, I can only imagine leaning foward holding on to one and it breaking. That's ya know, my luck.

So I'm confused, was there another asylum in Quinsigmond lake in Worchester too? Because I hear a lot about old & new. Or is this just the old one rennovated and is on the lake?
::Sigh:: Oh confusion

this place could be the perfect horror flick

Holy crap, I was going to say this was an old scool carriage but you had to ruin the fun.

WOW how lucky you were to get in their. I live by there and as a child we used to cut through the grounds to get to Greenhill park and the patients were often wandering around. Once we did go in to let them know there was a brush fire on the grounds and the staff members were as creepy as the place. Never forget that - they just stared at us really weird and we kept telling them there was a fire. We got the heck out of there and never went back LOL. I have always wanted to go in there empty and take some pics but breaking and entering is tooo scary. Tried to get permission but was told it was too dangerous to go in . . . so thanks for the pics and hope you take more@

That sucka's not going down any time soon, trust me.

Brilliant!

All I can picture is that tower collapsing upon itself, sadly it may happen in my lifetime. It would be the end of a legend

From that Clock tower you have the best view of the entire City of Worcester. I'm glad you brought one of the greatest architechtual feats in Massachusetts to this site Bravo!

This is a much nicer alternative to the generic caged-in staircases in most mental hospitals. While it serves the same purpose -- ensuring that patients cannot accidentally fall or intentionally jump -- it's much more aesthetically pleasing than a staircase surrounded by chain metal fencing.

I also like how ornate the staircase is, especially in comparison to the stark institutionalism of the building's exterior and faceless plaster walls. The styling and detail of the iron railings is almost elegant; it has a personality and a heart.

I love the way the gray of the sky perfectly mirrors the gray of the building.

I can only imagine the size of the spiders that would come crawling out of that baby...