List of defunct Massachusetts State Mental Facilities
This is a list of defunct state mental hospitals and schools in Massachusetts:
State hospitals
- 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 - admittance not permitted; owned by the state; MPs patrol frequently; one must work at Job Corps in order to gain admittance
- Medfield State Hospital - disused; future unknown
- 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 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 - disused; future unknown
- Worcester State Hospital - 95% demolished; Hooper Turret and Woodward Building (end of left wing) remain as of October 2014; Clock Tower was said to be demolished in 2012 due to a rumored implosion, but it is still visible from road as of November 2015, though roads to Clocktower Drive are no longer accessible
State schools
- Belchertown State School - disused; future unknown
- JT Berry State School - demolished
- Monson Developmental Center - partially disused; future unknown
- Paul A. Dever State School - disused; sold to city of Taunton and demolition was started in 2012 to add to adjacent Myles Standish Industrial Park
- Templeton Developmental Center - partially disused; future unknown
- Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center - officially closed as of November 14 2014
- Wrentham State School - partially disused
Sanitariums
- Attleboro Sanitarium
- Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
- Lakeville State Hospital
- Middlesex County Sanitarium
- Middleton Sanitarium
- Worcester County Sanitarium
Reform schools
- Lyman School for Boys - disused; parts of the property now house businesses, medical office, a park, and a courthouse
Private institutions
- Adams-Nervine Asylum
- Massachusetts Mental Health Center - demolished
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