Facade

again this was a great gallery, thank you very much motts, i'm already waiting to see the next photo's;)

Your photography has improved greatly since the last time you visited "Tenfold". It's much more consistent. Really, I envy you.

As always, an amazing gallery, Motts. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
As always, I'm faithfully awaiting the next gallery to come up.

Much Love,

--Kassie.

Motts,, I, and I am sure everyone else who frequents your site greatly appreciate the fact that you continue to put time and effort into it. I still check it every day and am always thrilled when I find a new gallery to explore. I just pray that this awesome experience doesn't turn out like so many other things in this world, a hobby which loses interest over time and fades away.

Thanks again for all the hard work and dedication to your fans.

Pobo ( Joe S. Melbourne Florida )

This gallery went by much to fast.......

FAB.....

Agree, way too fast. Motts, as usual awesome!!!!!!

Much appreciated Motts, I too come here often to check for updates, and I'm always thrilled to see more of your great work. Thank you!

I don't know much about photography but I know talent when I see it. Awsome job!

i went there once and i couldnt get inside these pics are great though

I've been back there at night its friggin scary as hell cuz you here all sorts of shit near the buildings very scary...

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My mother worked there as an RN suporvisor from 1958 to 1965. I was only 7 or 8 , but I still remember my dad and I droping her of for work at the
Facade. When I saw your photo Motts, it was like walking back in time through a time portal. Great job meesdorf

I find myself greedy for more. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Amazing work! I've been there before a few times, but I couldn't find a way in. It's so creepy at night. I wish I could have explored the inside, those kinds of things give me such a rush. I love it. Bravo Mr. Motts.

I've looked for the cemetaries there and couldn't find them. Will there be any pictures of those?

hospital cemitary is aprox 3 miles from the hospital in a clearing in the woods i think its stone street in foxboro sad that the deceased were only honored with a number records were lost

Thanks for another great gallery, as well as another great lesson in photography, Mr Motts!

bravo motts ... the modern day archeologist!! im all about this kind of shit man. is this place torn down?

Oh My God! Motts! Welcome back! How was Europe? How many countries did you go to? :-)

Motts, so sad! Is this true! Same slate and cupolas as Danvers! What a tragedy!! Glad we have this site!

Awesome stuff. Thanks, Motts. Growing up in Foxboro created a lot of creepy ,urban legend type campfire stories because of "THE STATE HOSPITAL" Remember "Hook Man" ??? HE WAS FROM FOXBORO STATE HOSPITAL!!!!! WOOoooHAaaaOOO!!

What all the buildings are going to be torn down! NO!!!

yet another beautiful old building with much character to be torn down to make way for latte sipping yuppies (I assume)????

Actually what I hear is they are keeping the buildings and renovating them into high end condos and houses on the grounds. Poltergeist anyone??
http://chestnutgreen.com/

I went to look at that web site and here's what I got:

"Thank you for your interest in Chestnut Green. Please fill out the form below and your exclusive sales agent will contact you shortly."

God in Heaven! =8-o
Shades of "Stepford Wives" as well!

Here is one on the cemetary location, just might check it out tomorrow.
http://dsmc.info/groups.shtml

Here is more on the development, I drove by today and it's in full force. long link I hope it copys right.
http://www.bostonreale...der=work_in_progress

Shoot me. Shoot me now.

I can't bear to live when places with names like "Chestnut Green" exist!

Am interested in condo - no stairs

I really appreciate these picts. I grew up and still live less than a mile from FSH. My grandmother worked there as a RN from the 30's till it closed. She walked there every day. I have always loved and been intrigued by the campus. My mother and her siblings went to the church there when they were young one of her memories was when she was only 7 and took the wrong exit from the church basement and got stuck in the tunnels under the campus that lead to the patients buildings. I drive by daily and watch the changes not only here but all over my town. It makes me sad. I can't stop the development but I am glad that they are keeping a majority of the buildings and refurbishing some of the beautiful old administration houses. I would love to live in one. Thanks for finally giving me the view to the inside I've always wanted.

I have lived in Fixboro my entire life. I have always wanted to go inside FSH. Thank you for your view of the campus. It afferms my suspition of the screaming that I still hear today as I drive by.

I lived across the street from the cemetary with no names. It is on Cross Street about a quarter mile down the road from FSH. There is a spookier graveyard a little way up the road - it is at the end of a path in the woods. Creepy - just creepy. We used to tell stories of the "hookman" walking up that path.

Motts You are an awsome photographer i love your work especially this set of photos cant wait to see more .

Motts, thank you for sharing a view of something I never thought I would see. I used to live very close by to the FSH- just down main street. I grew up around that area. I have always been intrigued by what it might look like inside. It is even better than I have imagined. Thank you for opening the doors for all of us and in such a splendid, artistic way.
You do not just take photographs but create mood and atmosphere. It's as if we were creeping along the corridors with you, ears straining to hear because something.... something made a noise down the dark hall behind us. Eyes flicking from door to door searching for the shadow we could have sworn detached itself from the blackness. Your photography is both beautiful and moving and I am honored that you have chosen to share it. Thank you. Dawn C.

DR, if you lived across from the cemetary we lived beside you. I remember playing ball in that cemetary too. It's been 20+ years since I've lived there and it just hit me, the road beside the main cemetary was called "ghost road" always over-grown and at night it was scary as hell! I Remember they found a couple of graves dug up back there. The guy Hook man we called "Hook nose". He use to ride his bike everywhere mumbling to himself.
I can remember walking around this hospital when it was open and after it closed. It was scary walking around those halls with patients roaming around and yes hearing screams and moans. I won't say from experiments probably just lost soles waiting to move on. It was very depressing and sad in there. We were the family that always had the "patients" at our house. After it closed whoa, scary doesn't describe it! I don't know how old these photos are but they still capture the essence of this place.

Motts - These are some incredible photos, brings back some eerie memories!

Dean Martin
Foster Brooks

Alcoholics
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Let me see if I got this straight;today they give you a medal for that.
To think that when I was a little boy I ran into a relatively young woman who was using a walker in a nursing home because of alcohol.
Most of the people in there were senile.Deranged.Demented.
That was a crazy place.I hadn't known up to that point anything like that existed.
Intersting and most memorable experience in my life.

I worked on these grounds when it was for the mentally challenged people. It was a BEAUTIFUL place! There was a bowling alley underground (2 lanes). There was also a cafe', great hall (ballroom) we used as a gym, the church for Sunday services. During inclement weather we used the tunnel to get across Chestnut St. Romms off the tunnel had beautiful ball gowns from years gone by. Across the street there was a building "Dexter Bldg." also. We had our own greenhouse in which the clients used. The screams heard were usually the clients with behaviors, everyone spoke of the "ghosts" walking the halls: generally late night. At one time the Patriots practiced behind these buildings & always let the staff & clients watch. Even though it appeared scary & forbidden to the outsider I would not in a million years trade my time there. I miss the Foxboro campus.

I worked at the Foxboro Company for about 6 months (consultant) back in 1999. Took many a ride past FSH. Always a bit sad just to see it. Beautiful in a way, tho'.

i live in foxboro and play lacrosse and i have my home games on the grounds of the FSH and i went into the buildings and went to one of the cemetaries it is right next to the field but in a path deep in the woods and is near a big tree with a bunch of old drug bottles under it and then scattered bricks with patients numbers on them its pretty cool

well i'm working on these buildings fixing them up like new,but every day i go to work i get the creeps when i walk in....

My problem isn't lost "soles" screaming, it's the darn socks that just won't stay with their partners. One runs off and I never do see it again. Its poor little partner is almost useless after that, relegated to being nothing more that a dusting rag for the rest its life. :-)

Guitorman, what kind of medals are given today? I know about the medals that Alcoholics Anonymous has for people celebrating milestones of sobriety, but is that what you mean?

The word "senile" makes me think of an elderly person whose memory and ability to live independently are failing due to an organic process in their brain. But "deranged" and "demented" conjure images of sociopaths, serial killers, mass murderers. I know that "demented" derives from "dementia" and refers to the loss of abilities many elderly people experience, especially after the age of 80-85. But I think in common usage, "demented" has a connotation of evil that "dementia" doesn't have. If I'm remembering correctly, there is a type of dementia caused by long-term alcohol abuse (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome). I'd be interested to hear what others think of when they hear the various words used to describe mental problems.