List of defunct Massachusetts State Mental Facilities
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State Hospitals
- Boston State Hospital
- Danvers State HospitalDanvers State HospitalDanvers State Hospital, also known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, The Danvers Lunatic Asylum, and The Danvers State Insane Asylum, was a psychiatric hospital located in Danvers, Massachusetts....
- Foxboro State Hospital
- Gaebler Children's CenterGaebler Children's CenterGaebler Children's Center was a psychiatric institution for severely mentally ill children and adolescents, located in Waltham, Massachusetts....
- Gardner State Hospital
- Grafton State HospitalGrafton State HospitalGrafton State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Grafton, Massachusetts that operated from 1901 to 1973. Today, the site has been redeveloped with Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine as a major occupant, along with the Grafton Job Corps office and various other State...
- Medfield State HospitalMedfield State HospitalMedfield State Hospital is an historic mental hospital at 45 Hospital Road in Medfield, Massachusetts.The hospital was built in 1892. At its height it included 58 buildings, on a property of some , and a capacity of 2,200 patients. It raised its own livestock and produce, and generated its own...
- Metropolitan State HospitalMetropolitan State HospitalMetropolitan State Hospital is the name of* Metropolitan State Hospital * Metropolitan State Hospital...
- Northampton State HospitalNorthampton State HospitalNorthampton State Hospital was a historic Psychiatric hospital at 1 Prince Street on top of Hospital Hill outside of Northampton, Massachusetts...
- Pondville State Hospital
- Rutland Heights State Hospital
- Taunton State HospitalTaunton State HospitalThe Taunton State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital built in 1854 in Taunton, Massachusetts....
- Lovering ColonyLovering Colony State HospitalWilliam C. Lovering Colony State Hospital was a former state hospital located in Taunton, Massachusetts. It acted as a female sub-hospital of Taunton State Hospital. It is named after former United States Congressman William C. Lovering....
- Simeon E Borden Colony
- Raynham Farm Colony
- Lovering Colony
- Westborough State HospitalWestborough State HospitalWestborough State Hospital or "Westborough Insane Hospital" is a historic hospital along Lyman Street, north of Chauncy Lake and junction of Milk Street and MA Route 9 Westborough, Massachusetts, which sat on more than 600 acres....
- Worcester State HospitalWorcester State HospitalWorcester State Hospital was a Massachusetts state mental hospital located in Worcester, Massachusetts.The hospital and surrounding associated historic structures are listed as Worcester Asylum and related buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.-Early History:Once known as the...
State Schools
- Belchertown State SchoolBelchertown State SchoolThe Belchertown State School for the Feeble-Minded was established in 1922 in Belchertown, Massachusetts. It became known for inhumane conditions and poor treatment of its patients, and became the target of a series of lawsuits prior to its eventual closing in 1992...
- Fernald State School
- JT Berry State School
- Monson Developmental CenterMonson Developmental CenterMonson Developmental Center is a historic site at 200 State Avenue in Monson, Massachusetts.It was built in 1854 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994....
- Paul A. Dever State School
- Templeton Developmental Center
- Wrentham State SchoolWrentham State SchoolWrentham State School is a historic school at the junction of Emerald and North Streets in Wrentham, Massachusetts.The school was built in 1906 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994....
Sanitariums
- Attleboro Sanitarium
- Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
- Lakeville State Hospital
- Middlesex County Sanitarium
- Middleton Sanitarium
Private Institutions
- Adams-Nervine AsylumAdams-Nervine AsylumThe Adams-Nervine Asylum was incorporated in 1877 and opened in 1880 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The estate provided an attractive, picturesque setting, as it was situated on Centre Street, in the neighborhood of Bussy Park and the Arnold Arboretum. Having previously been owned by J...
- Massachusetts Mental Health CenterMassachusetts Mental Health CenterMassachusetts Mental Health Center is a historic building at 74 Fenwood Road in Boston, Massachusetts.The center was built in 1912 as Boston Psychopathic Hospital by Taylor Kendall and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994....
- Shepherd Brooks EstateShepherd Brooks EstateThe Shepherd Brooks Estate is an historic property at 275 Grove Street in Medford, Massachusetts. The property is owned by the city of Medford, and managed by a trust established to preserve the property. Its principal feature is the manor house constructed in 1881 by Shepherd Brooks, a member...