List of defunct Massachusetts State Mental Facilities

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This is a list of defunct state mental hospitals and schools in Massachusetts:

• Boston State Hospital - demolished; now mixed-use
• Danvers State Hospital - demolished due to recurring unexplainable fires in the west wing; its original staging has been repurposed into the building Avalon Bay at Danvers; admittance is no longer allowed; property is owned by Avalon Condominium Company
• Foxborough State Hospital - half demolished; condominiums
• Gaebler Children's Center - demolished; land labeled as a park
• Gardner State Hospital - buildings converted into prison
• Grafton State Hospital - demolished, admittance not permitted; owned by the state; MPs patrol frequently; one must work at Job Corps in order to gain admittance
• Medfield State Hospital - standing, allowed to walk grounds from dawn till dusk, no admittance in buildings
• Metropolitan State Hospital - mostly demolished for condominiums; one building remains abandoned on the property and one was rehabilitated into condominiums
• Northampton State Hospital - demolished; empty field
• Pondville State Hospital - partly demolished; part converted into Caritas Southwood Community Hospital, also defunct
• Rutland Heights State Hospital - demolished; land unused; future unknown
• Taunton State Hospital - hospital is still standing and

part of it demolished other buildings active; future unknown

• • Lovering Colony - demolished; land unused
  • Simeon E. Borden (Raynham Farm) Colony - demolished; land in use by the town of Raynham
• Westborough State Hospital - demolished for condominiums
• Worcester State Hospital - 95% demolished; Hooper Turret and Woodward Building (end of left wing) remain as of October 2014. The clock tower was demolished in 2012, to make way for a parking lot. A replica of the clocktower was later rebuilt (in the same spot) as a tribute to the old Worcester State Hospital. The new clock tower is visible from Route 9 West in downtown Shrewsbury, MA near the Shrewsbury/Worcester town line or from Clocktower Drive in Worcester MA.

• Belchertown State School - partially demolished
• JT Berry State School - demolished
• Monson Developmental Center - partially disused; future unknown
• Paul A. Dever State School - demolished
• Templeton Developmental Center - partially disused; future unknown
• Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center - officially closed as of November 14 2014; partially active, in process of construction/demolition
• Wrentham State School - partially disused

• Attleboro Sanitarium - demolished
• Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
• Lakeville State Hospital - unused, patrolled frequently by city police
• Middlesex County Sanitarium
• Middleton Sanitarium
• Worcester County Sanitarium - demolished
• Cranberry Specialty Hospital - demolished in 2017

• Lyman School for Boys - disused; parts of the property now house businesses, medical office, a park, and a courthouse
• State Reform School for Boys - disused; occupied by Westborough State Hospital in 1884, land owned by town of Westborough
• Lancaster Industrial School for Girls - buildings used for various state agencies until 2024, property currently being auctioned off and transferred to the town of Lancaster

• Adams-Nervine Asylum - repurposed
• Massachusetts Mental Health Center - demolished and rebuilt. Reopened in 2012
• Westwood Lodge Hospital - closed

• Massachusetts State Hospitals, hdl:2452/625416. (Various documents).