458 Comments for Belchertown State School

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Ooooooo! 8- 0 Pretty!
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What does the door say?
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Was the skylight covered or open to the air?
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It looks like the back drop is of a palm tree or beach scene maybe?
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Tony C. beat me to it. When I saw that smilie I thought "Walmart is already eyeballing the place for a new store".
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Yeah; a lot of the people at BSS were disabled, unsteady on their feet, impulsive, unaware of danger, etc. In one of the photos here you see a view up to the meazzine and you can see how little protection there was from falling over the edge. Anytime I was there, the mezzanine was off-limits.
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looks like a scene from "ESCAPE FROM NY!!!
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Another beautiful gallery. I've travelled to a few places myself, including NoHo and an area close to it. I want to go to Monson, but it's very hard to find information on the area. We had travelled there before (mind you its extremely hard to find...) and turns out it was still open! =O

Anyways, at one point we almost went up a road that read "Not maintained, proceed at your own risk". I believe this is where the abandoned area of the hospital is. Does anyone have any suggestions or knowledge as to the hospital and if in fact its up that dangerous steep road?
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What a great memory! We still have monthly dances (sometimes more) where I work and the folks just love it!
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I'm sorry.. I'm not looking at the door.. I have a sudden urge to open teh valve..
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So, isabeats, you're saying those chairs were abandoned long before the place was? :)
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16MM, no less! :)
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Motts, I bet you could sell this one to Autechre or Solvent or Radian (or some similar band) for one of their CD covers!
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I used to take people from E Building to the movies here. I remember seeing "The Love Bug", "Daniel Boone",and "The Wizard of Oz", among others. I also remember it being very noisy, with staff being too busy trying to keep people in their seats to be able to watch any of the movie themselves (which is just as well if it's "The Love Bug")
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My clearest memory of this room is seeing a local rock band, the Blue Max, playing a dance here, while people with big, happy smiles on their faces, kept banging into my legs with their wheelchairs, all in tune to the music !