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July 11, 2020
Post No. 3 on DrkCurrent.com ~ Westborough State Hospital
Westborough State Hospital
Westborough State Hospital, originally “Westborough Insane Hospital”, was a historic hospital in Westborough, Massachusetts, which sat on more than 600 acres. The campus area was located between Lyman Street and Chauncy Lake. The hospital was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The hospital was established in 1884 on the grounds of the State Reform School for Boys. The existing buildings were renovated to accommodate the needs of a mental hospital and was opened on December 1, 1886. This was the first homeopathic hospital for the insane established in New England; but such hospitals existed in New York and Michigan.
The pioneering psychiatrist Solomon Carter Fuller spent the majority of his career practicing at the hospital in the early 1900s. While there, he performed his ground-breaking research on the physical changes to the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients.
The hospital was closed in 2010, in anticipation of a new Worcester State Hospital opening in 2012. The ten-bed Deaf Unit, the two Adolescent Units, and the Intensive Residential Treatment programs were closed by June 2010.
On May 9, 2015, a memorial service was held in nearby Pine Grove Cemetery for the more than 500 patients who died at Westborough State Hospital and whose remains were unclaimed and subsequently buried in a potter’s field. The service was part of a larger effort to put names to the graves of the deceased. Despite being on the historic register, the entire hospital complex was demolished during the summer of 2019. A senior living complex is currently being built at the same location as the state hospital was.
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July 10, 2020
Post No.2 On DrkCurrent.com ~That one Saturday I spent in Prison 2 years ago!
That one Saturday I spent in Prison 2 years ago!
CSI State Correctional Institution opened in 1987. It is a former center for the mentally ill, operated by the Department of Public Welfare. It was converted into a facility for adult male offenders. This facility was closed June 30, 2013. It is now privately owned and has had multiple Arrests for Trespassing.
June 15, 2020
DrkCurrent.com is Live!
Hello Abandoned New York Followers. To all that didn't know I started a new website Called Dark Current Photography/DrkCurrent.com. Through that site I will be posting all aspects of photography as well as Urban Exploring (Urbex) Photos that are outside of New York State. So I can focus on what AbandonedNY is supposed to be and that is abandonments located in NY. Please go and check out the New Site!
Intro Video.
More video's to come as well. Keep an eye out..
September 18, 2019
Checkmate
The Chess House.
Above is a postcard of some old cottages that sit on the site of an old TB Sanitarium located in upstate New York. The Sanitarium is now long gone and some of the cottages are now private residence.
Today one of those cottages stands vacant and was auctioned off in June of 2019.
Today one of those cottages stands vacant and was auctioned off in June of 2019.
above is a picture of how it sits today. This is a single family home that was built in 1898 and must have been own by an artist by the Ceramic Art left behind. As of now I can not find any other history on this location.
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