458 Comments for Belchertown State School

i am waiting for something to pop out of that door or a face to appear in one of the windows. the exit sign seems like its the ghosts telling us to leave! scarrry!!!

you wouldnt think it was beutiful in there if u were walking through it in the dark...trust me i kno

we went in that building and the whole thing looked just like this picture...except in color...the tiles underneith the cealing tiles are so shiny it looks like your gonna fall into alake of water

On halloween me and a couple of freinds checked out the state schools...not to vandalize but to explore...we are all very facsinated by what went on in there....

I just found out that one of my relatives (who passed away this week) was incarcerated in this place. She was placed in here because of brain damage caused by blunt force trauma. Since I am the unoffical family historian my brother sent me her obit . I am now researching her life. I was aware that in the "old days" children were some times placed in orpahanges or state hospitals for reasons that today would constitute child abuse.
Seeing these pictures of BSS , and knowing that the people in this place were treated the way they were distresses me. But I am sure she is in a far better place now.
BTW.. If that merry-go round is in fact the same one that now is Heritage park in Holyoke then I am very glad I helped to save it. She might have even ridden on it.

Damon, if you know how to make spare parts for your projector, you can keep it running infinitely. Parts are easy to build, especially for these old devices that require no circuit boards or things like that.

does anyone know where i can find a map of the place?

i was just on the grounds today and it was freaky me and some friends went into the theater and down to the basketball court then we went into some hospital like building it was really freaky you start thinkin there's people in there watchin you but FYI never go in those buildings alone or without flashlights

God the detail of all the old stuff is so awsome . they really dont make them the way they used to.

very scary.would go there in a heart beat.
I like it .very nice picture.

i love riding around on my bike and looking in the building, though scary. they have a bowling ally a huge kitchen the theatre and a bunch of bedrooms, with old old sscary underground tunnels leading everywhere

i bike the skate park their, ride around the buildings all the time

funny how the floor could be in such bad shape yet the chairs seem unscathed from this angle.

I've used one of these light boards before--they're incredible. 34,000 watts per dimmer

No, not seriously injured... these buildings were mostly concrete and relatively sturdy, but I make no guarantees.