Ugly

It would have enthralled me also.

were is this place located

I'll admit, Motts, it's not one of the prettiest locations on the outside, but I can't wait to see what wonders await us on the inside.
Maybe another one of your famous lonely chair photos?
Either way, I'm just so enthralled that you have new stuff up once again.
Yes, I'm even making my friend sit and watch as I browse the new masterpieces.
Cheers!

ewww, it looks worse than my schools did. Still, that's where a lot of the beauty is. In the ugliness.

This building resembles one of the Byberry Buildings ... kind of has the same design.
Even though it's ugly, it's a cool picture

Feh, all function, no form. Typical architecture of the 1950s and 1960s. The ironic thing is a lot of these prefab buildings actually were not very effecient or user friendly. In a lot cases BOTH form AND function were sacrificed for CHEAP!

This building is definitely not beautiful like alot of the others on this site.I guess it did serve it's purpose.I can see the draw it would have to explore it though.

I know you won't publish where these places are but can you tell my if Dayton State School is the real name? Not asking for the real name but is it Dayton? Thanks Motts.

Thanks again Motts, didn't think it was, I know where this one is and no... I won't reveal:)

i told you.

kind of looks like my old school.

that looks exactly like the old school I went to. bad memories man. bad memories.

I actually worked here for 8 years before going to a community residence. When I first started in 1978 there were 1200 people living here. But my memories go much further then that since my mother was an RN here I basically grew up here. I spent weekends staying with a friend's family in one of the many doctor's homes.

similar to colorado st gos[oya; some wings.

some very interesting rooftop views from this place

yes. tis' ugly

What?! People offered you $5 to come outside! I wonder what that was all about. Were they young or some doods with tall hats? They might have beaten your kneecaps backwards and thought $5 would be an ok trade?

i love that place. i live pretty close to it and have been there over 20 times. the place is crawling with cops now tho. however i still Know a way in without anyone seeing! i loved reading the nurse reports. there was one about how a patient tore up another patients face in the shower room. too bad a bunch of drunk dipshits ran through the commons building with shovels and made huge mess of the place.

heres some of the pictures i have taken. they are not on par with the quality of the pics on this site but they show a lot that this site doesnt.
http://photobucket.com...ms/y150/CrimsonFury/

I think your pictures are pretty good creeper...................but then again i was with you when u took them and im in a few of them.

Yeah this place gives off a creepy vibe at night. The tunnels just seem to go on forever. There was a chair in a tunnel with blood all over the tray and a room under the kitchen that had a spread out area of what definetly appeared to be blood. No to hijack motts work but you guys can appreciate a music video I made of our trip within the bowels of this place. http://media.putfile.com/Dever-Asylum

yeah its super ugly, it looks like our school sunnymead middle school

I don't think it's THAT ugly, it's almost pretty in a certain way, if you look at it.

you wnt to my middle school? it had the SAME layout

Amen, Mr. Motts. An ugly building it is.

The video was pretty cool.

it reminds me of byberry

I walk grounds almost every day. Just last week I came across a lunchtime soccer match there. It is a great peaceful place for a lunchtime walk.

I can tell you guys exactly where it is. I used to live about 2 miles from the place. there are tunnels under it that are haunted.

Since I am in the Army I can tell you for certain that this building does have the basic Military style of design for the World War II era. It has a very "boxy" and a very boring and bland look to it's architecture. I can see Soldiers performing "police - calls" around the building.

"Police - calls" is another word for walking around a building or an area and picking up the trash that has been thrown on the ground. And what is oddly funny or oddly strange about picking up the trash around a building or an area is the fact that the trash that the Soldiers are picking up is the very same trash that the very same Soldiers have thrown on the ground in the first place. So the Soldiers are picking up there own trash that they should have thrown in the trash can in the first place.
And these police - calls happens every single day somewhere in the Military. And don't forget; The United States Military Personnel are on every Continent on this Planet.

So that is alot of police calls and trash to pick up.

Signed: An American Soldier in Germany.

I used to make deliveries to the medical facilities for this place before it closed down. If you think it's creepy or depressing now, you should have seen it when it was occupied *shiver*

ive been in there several times really creepy at night theres many buildings and bout 95 acres of tunnel underground im told by a guard that caught me n my friends in there once several years ago but look it up on google earth or just visit it you wont be dissappointed for more chat bout it hit me up on myspace my email is kriptyk420@aim.com

I worked for 5 summers emptying all the L shaped buildings. We threw out desks, chairs, cabinets...now looking back, there was nothing wrong with the stuff

i liv pretty close to dever and always go ghost huntin there. lookin for people who share same interest and are close by

What once colorful, massively visited, noisy and full of youth, now old, quiet, forgoten and dry... sounds almost like a regular human life.

Building not ugly at all, maybe just what reminds you of... Motts has taken us to really nightmare places but surprinsingly with such beautiful compliments.

as akid i grew up near dever, i always knew i would work there.it was not ugly then,but is quite beat up now...............

hey, ave been in there multiple times and have alot to say about the place and some thingss that i have witnessed in there that you might be interested in knowing. please contact me at NLarsen219@live.com id love to tell you about a few things ive personally seen.

this is paul dever school located in taunton ma...i have been there and i don't live far from there..

I worked there in the 80's ... the memories I have are awful..... the horrible things that went on in there... went for walks in the evening and the things I heard .... oh.....geez... I went there today.... for the first time to try and make peace.. geez... I will follow up with pics I took.. there is definately something there... God forgive all that took part in the most unimaginable things that those poor people endured..... and may God rest the souls of the poor children buried on those grounds.....

There have always been agencies to which employees were required to report suspected and/or observed abuse and/or neglect. This has been a law for many years, and was certainly the case in the 1980s. You never even have had to give your name if you preferred.

I too would have a bad conscience if I had seen all that you say you saw and yet never stepped forward, even anonymously, to try to help. That is where the forgiveness needs to go first - for your reluctance to try to help - even anonymously - helpless people you say you believe were being hurt.

And if you have information that you could now put forward - with evidence to support your charges - and even though many years have passed - there are people out there who would work to try to see justice done or at least prevent these same staff from working with people who can't defend themselves.

Whining for mercy anonymously as an afterthought for not having tried to intervene doesn't do much to set you right in the world. If I were you I'd be a bit more worried about my own "soul" than that of innocent people - only an uncaring, cold deity would turn away from innocent people who had been harmed by others.

Spiritual ramblings aside, walk the walk if you are going to talk the talk. Anyone can come on here and claim they saw abuse or neglect, but if you saw it, tolerated it, didn't report it, and refused to go to someone who could have done something about it - then you are in the exact same boat as the people you are complaining about.

Yes Devers,been there numerous times alone and with friends,it's definitely haunted no question.I have taken full body apperation pictures heard screams,walking around orbs you name it.

lanlegend@comcast.net

erik work near there and have been several times never encountered what you have but would be quite interested. if you see this e-mail me at nifern8@yahoo.com would love to talk with you about this

Alot of interesting comments for such a small gallery and I'm only on the first picture too. Wow. I do agree with you Lynn ....in all that you said to 'can't disclose'....thats very sad if those people were hurt etc because of the actions of another.(Esp for a place that is to help people). They really should've been reported period. Yes it takes courage but you do feel much better after all is said and done. It isn't a pretty building thats for sure. I agree with you Motts but you still take a great photo as always!!!

I bike commute through this place every day.
I have investigated many of the buildings and though about how difficult it must have been to be a patient there.
Kids have really trashed the place over the years, but it's still a unique place and a very quiet, though provoking section of my commute.

Last summer I got a treat when Hollywood moved in for a few weeks with Bruce Willis as the star. The movie is bases on the schools original use as a WWII POW camp.

i agree the outside is pretty lame, but i'm sure the inside had some gorgeous parts.

don't judge a book by its cover motts.

After visiting numerous times I can tell you that this building is not original to the military camp, only 1 building still standing is. This place is not haunted although there are rumors of terrible conditions that existed in many a state school back in the day. Also the movie that "john" is talking about is called the surrogates. its pretty funny to see dever in the background - i recommend it, its not half bad!

oh and one more thing - some people here have referred to this place as an insane asylum and that isn't true. it was a school for the mentally handicapped, not for the mentally ill. there is a big difference and i think it is an extremely important one to recognize.

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RIPS, hey, yesterday was my 4th time going through this place as a photographer, and i really dont think its haunted. but then again, not really sure i believe lol.

They sold the land to the school on 12/22/11. I believe they are putting in a sciece center of some sort. For all those interested here's the info that is avail.
http://www.mass.gov/an...l-redevelopment.html

I found another article this one written by a local paper.
http://www.tauntongaze...finalized-in-Taunton

for some reason abandoned buildings like this, to me are not ugly i think you should feel priveledged to be the first person to take photos and share them on here!!! thatd be so cool-id love to do that-and the place has such history.