458 Comments for Belchertown State School

I always remember from theatre class in high school being scolded to handle all of the backdrops carefully, especially the older ones nearing replacement or refinishing, because they were so hellishly expensive (especially for our little high school) and were not easily or quickly replaced. We tended to reuse the few that our school actually owned quite often, and when we did order one in for a play or musical, a select few of us were allowed to handle the backdrop and help put it up. Seeing this backdrop hanging here, obviously disused and unloved, makes me think of high school - and how, if my teacher were to walk in there, he'd probably have a heart attack.

why dont people clean this junk up

its so freaky i wonder why they never took the backdrop down

this is so weird we wonder what they are going to do with it when they tear down the buildings

I can feel the crunch of the floor tiles through the picture.

Seeing bad visions of even worse hokey sci-fi movies/shows; all thats missing is a sticker "DO NOT PUSH the red button" or in this case flick the switch in the upper right corner.

Again going back over the archives one night of insomnia, the tiles in here look like thousands of abandoned play-bills from theater productions scattered behind after the show was over.

the door says "Fire Exit Keep Closed"
the place is pretty cool, gotta experience it for yourself to really know what you're talking about

ladymosai, i saw that face too, it was one of the first things i noticed. Dont know what it is, it looked a bit like a piece of a painting, it was that out of place.

Hey _Steve_,
Heres some pics of Spidergates:
http://iussa.org/index...&page=quaker_cem

It doesn't look like this anymore, it's in horrible decay. Between weather damage and vandalism, it's now got massive holes in the ceiling and due to snow and rain, the floor is now covered in about 3 inches of solid ice.

Yea i've lived in Belchertown my whole life and was born the year the stateschools closed. both my parents worked there when they were open. my mom said that she just did janitorial work in the blind and deaf wards but my dad said that he worked in k building which is supposedly one of the worst buildings there he also said that he saw some pretty brutal things happen there, things that still haunt him today.

hey i went into BSS at night with a couple of my friends and did u know that there is a room entirely filled with light bulbs like so filled that you cant even go inside.

im looking into the back ground and I would love to hear more about the what it was like. So please anyone whats to look me up and share me there storiess elyman222@yahoo.com

The status says abandoned but it is being demolished so could someone change it?