STATE HOSPITALS/STATE SCHOOLS in MASSACHUSETTS 

researched and compiled by 1856.org

Est.

Name (historic/current)

Architect / Plan Type / Status

1830

Worcester Insane Asylum

demolished (1970s)

1839/

Boston Lunatic Hospital/

Kendall & Taylor/congregate (1839)

1895

Boston State Hospital

dispersed (1895)/mostly demolished

1848/

Mass. State Reform School/

Carter & Savage/congregate (1848)/in use

1884

Lyman School for Boys

Clough, Earle/dispersed (1884)/vacant

1848/

Mass. School for Idiotic and

William G. Preston

1887

Feebleminded Youth/

congregate (1848)

Walter E. Fernald School

dispersed (1887)

1851

Taunton State Hospital for Insane/

Elbridge Boyden

Taunton State Hospital

ongregate Kirkbride/vacant

1852

State Almshouse at Bridgewater/

n/a

S. E. Correctional Center

re-use

1852

State Almshouse at Monson/

congregate (1852)

Monson Developmental Center

dispersed (1900)

1852

State Almshouse at Tewksbury/

congregate (1852)

Tewksbury Hospital

John A. Fox/dispersed (1900)

1854

Lancaster Industrial School for Girls/

dispersed

Pre-Release Center at Lancaster

re-use

1856

Lunatic Hospital at Northampton/

Jonathan Preston

Northampton State Hospital

congregate Kirkbride/vacant

1859

Nautical Reform School/

n/a

Mass. Maritime Academy

re-use

1870

Worcester Lunatic Hospital/

Weston & Rand

Worcester State Hospital

ongregate Kirkbride/ mostly destroyed by fire

other bldgs. in use

1873

State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers/

Gridley J. F. Bryant

Danvers State Hospital

congregate Kirkbride/vacant

1884

Westborough Insane Hospital/

Clough; Earle, Rand,

Westborough State Hospital

Kendall, Taylor & Co., Stevens

congregate Lyman re-use

1889

Mass. Hospital for Dipsomaniacs

Brigham & Spofford

and Inebriates/

dispersed/vacant

Foxborough State Hospital

1892

Medfield Insane Asylum/

William Pitt Wentworth

Medfield State Hospital

dispersed/preserved (in use)

1895

Rutland State Sanatorium

demolished (1966)

1899

Templeton Colony

W. G. Preston

dispersed

1902

Worcester Farm Colony/

Grafton State Hospital

dispersed/partly preserved (in use)

1902

State Colony for Insane, Gardner/

dispersed

N. Central Correctional Institution

re-use

1904

Mass. School and Home for Crippled

dispersed

and Deformed Children/

re-use

Mass. Hospital School

1904

Bussey Laboratory/

W. S. Burke

Institute of Labs

Stevens & Lee

1906

Wrentham State School/

Kendall, Taylor & Co.

Wrentham State School

dispersed

1907

Lakeville State Sanatorium/

n/a

Lakeville Hospital

re-use

1907

N. Reading State Sanatorium/

n/a

Berry Rehab Center

re-use

1907

Westfield State Sanatorium/

E. C. & G. C. Gardner

Western Mass. Hospitl

1908

Industrial School for Boys/

n/a

M. C. I. Shirley

re-use

1912

Psychopathic Department of Boston

Kendall, Taylor & Co.

State Hospital/

congregate (urban)

Mass. Mental Health Center

preserved (in use)

1914

Norfolk State Hospital

n/a

M. C. I. Norfolk

re-use

1922

Belchertown State School/

Kendall, Taylor & Co.

Belchertown State School

dispersed/vacant

1930

Metropolitan State Hospital/

Gordon S. Robb

Metropolitan State Hospital

dispersed/vacant