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[1][2]
- 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[3]
- 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.
State schools
- 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
Sanitariums
- 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
Reform schools
- 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