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If it is gone, you have preserved it into infamy, and I thank you for that.

Beautiful shot, Motts! I love the symmetry that becomes more apparent because of the flag pole! Nice...very nice! :0)

Thank-you, Motts! 8 )

Impressive. Imagine driving up to your new "home" and seeing this? Whoa.

Thank you for the new pics, Motts. Once again, you have not failed to impress me. Your eye is without fault.

thank you very much. Motts wonderful photos.

Oh, that's sad that it was demolished.

It looks like it had potential for redevelopment.

A short but very interesting gallery, thanks so much Sir Motts.

looking forward to the studebaker plant photos!..are the wooden prototype cars still in the woods?maybe not its been over 20 years since i was there.

Thank you again Mr. Motts, for these last two galleries. Great job, and I can't believe you were sick! Because of you, these places are kept alive in history, and we are fortunate that you share them with us. See you next time!

Thanks for the new Galleries Mr. Motts, if you were sick when you took them it doesn't show!!! And I also love the new forum!!!! ;-) Ed from Oregon

I think Motts should have raised an "Opacity" flag here!!!!! ;-)

Motts - a new challenge! From here on out you need to take along and photograph your own flag with distinctive opacity logo - kinda like the Alfred Hitchcock signature cameo in each of his films . . . .

Great Gallery, thank you. Good idea Lynne!

Ed, Lynne, great ideas!!! Motts, GREAT galleries...Thanks to you, the memories remain, even after the 'evil ones' tear down the structures...

We all wish that these structures should stay with us....I don't know about you guys, but if I'm ever ridiculously wealthy, I'm going to be an 'anti-evil one' and do restorations on stuff like Motts' subjects!

Lynne, Ed......I truly hope Mr. Motts takes up that idea and flies with it!

REWilson, that would be FABulous!

Beautiful building sadly left to waste away and then destroyed and be lost forever.

Jude, Motts is gonna HAVE to do it - otherwise it will fall on some of us to do it for him. >:-)

It's not demolished.Not only was it not demolished, it was going to be restored as residences. Lack of funding however prevented that. Its still there though. Now owned by the Town of Hanson.

Lovely grass. Nice and thick, almost like hair.

Great gallery, Motts, you really have a talent for capturing the essence of these places. Also, may I suggest that you carry a pirate flag, the "Jolly Roger", in honor of everyone's favorite actor, Johnny Depp?

wow, very cool gallery Motts, thank you for sharing with us!

Yeah this place is definitely pretty awesome. I'm going to go check some out in the mid west, if anyone wants pictures I'll have them ready mid-lte Feb.

I really respect what you do, sucks how sometimes the past is just plowed over and forgotten forever. But we got people like you who risk their butts going into these places preserving them in film. Thanks alot man.

I want to echo what everyone up there are saying - a great BIG THANK YOU, Motts!!!

Thank you SO much! This website is truely priceless!

the hospital isnt gone i was there the other night and it was just as creepy as the pictures

The hospital hasn't been demolished yet. unless it was yesterday because it was there on saturday and friday

Another fine piece of work. Thank you, Motts :)

~i went there today, or i bleave to have, the place looked very simaler to the pictures, and the back of the building was burned, it was a huge place, but it was night, and dark (and still is) and i had a horrible feeling about the place, i couldent get within 5 feet of it without my legs turning to mush.
~a lampoast in the back where a fire had burned a good size hole in the building would turn on and off when my good friend took pictures. her camera was fully charged when we got there and it ran out of batteries when she got close to the building. most of the pitures came out blured or black when we were only 25 feet from the building. when we were farther away the pictures came out fine.
~with my uneasy feeling and forboading of the place we didnt enter it to look around, so we just walked around it, even to do that was a chalenge for me.
~the oddest thing though was that we only knew what street it was off of, by chance we drove onto driveway of the building, the buliding has thick woods around it and you cant see it until your right on top of it, we went on the driveway to turn around thinking we missed it, but when we came close to it we seemed drawn to it. and we decided to ditch the cars at a parking lot and check out what was at the end of the driveway. finding a large building, and we decided we found the hospital.
~by the way, where the kitchen burned, is there a large smoke stack? if there is then we definaly found the hospital
~ if we did find it, im happy to report that it hasnt been torn down. and is still standing, though many people have been there recently judging by the foot tracks in the snow and even car tire marks.

mr. motts have you ever thought of shooting Taunton state hospital? it's the smaller of the kirkbrides in ma. and i believe it's still standing.just a thought

It looks like a cuban drug lords house or something.

Yes, the building still stands, and it does indeed have a smokestack attached to one of the buildings. There have been two fires there in the past few years. Photos of the fires can be seen at:
http://www.teaguefirephoto.com/041704a.htm and at
http://www.teaguefirephoto.com/091105a.htm
Great photo you have taken here!

actually the building is still there. creep as always.
...i dont know if you got the chance to see this place at night. its relatively creepy. from the front of the building just to the right of the entrance on the top floor, there is a light on in the window.

... i have always found this place so intriging.

No, it has not been demolished...yet. i live about 10 minutes away and have only been in once because the cops came. did you get permission or just go?

I was there yesterday with my friends. Did anyone else notice those wierd things in the bathrooms? If you know what I'm talking about, could you tell me what their use is if you know

that place isnt torn down me and my friends go down there and walk around it is very creepy

How would you go about getting permission to walk around in here? I really want to go check it out but I really dont feel like getting arrested

yeah ... Mike I, you can't go in there, hahah. although me and 3 friends were in there 30 minuites ago ... i mean, we went in there, didn't see a cop the entire time. we had a police scanner on us to have our backs though. its bad in there man, we got a bad feeling the moment we stepped inside and it hasnt gone away since.

If you had the time and the money,would'nt this place be fantastic to do up and live in?

hi there I was there today my goodness you are right it is very creepy but i did not think that much of it till i saw the pictures posted here and other comments on the visit. if you are looking for the place it is part of the 4-h and us department of agriculture. the Umass extentsion service and the US department of agriculture are located in the front building of the property. that building itself is a little creepy but boy it will make me think twice now about going to meeting there at night. does anyone know how large the complex really is? there is the front built there are 4 or 5 garages and another out buliding. thanks for the picture

the building ahs not been demolished, although a fire occured in part of the building in early April2006. This part is still intact, although people pay no respects and have spray painted swatstikas all over the place, and broken almost all the windows. I live near here, and is still very creepy, as the morgue is still there, but it is watched carefully by police.

it's still there....i live on the street and drove by it yesterday... and actually there's another fire going on right now

Your site contains interesting photos. I offer this correction: The facility was never called "Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital". It opened in June of 1919 as the "Plymouth County Hospital" for treating tuberculosis. The Town of Hanson was its location, but was strictly run by the county. In the 80's it became a hospital for chronic and geriatric illnesses. Your opening history paragraph suggests a three part history, but only two occurred.

Actually the third part would be it's closing in 1990, The county used it for some storage and communications for a while and completely abandoned the building around 1995. It was sold to the town for cheap in 2000 and has been the subject of a lot of political bs since. Many area student nurses trained here during their pulmonary term.

for BD- the wierd thing in the bathroom was a bedpan cleaner. You put in the full badpan, closed it and when you pulled the handle it flushed and rinsed the pan. Only real old nurses and orderlies would remember those.

This is where Ross and Matt Sorenson drove around the circle without going in? Hey kids the Parliment one again..

I just discovered this site and I love it! I thought I was the only one interested in this stuff! I live near the Hanson hospital and just visited it for the first time a few days ago. I wanted to go in but my husband wouldn't let me. I am fascinated by this place and would love to know more of the history .

THE PLACE IS AWESOME FOR FILMING A MOVIE -OR AN EPISODE OF GHOST HUNTERS-TAPS...DESPITE THE FIRE
IT STILL STANDS...UNLIKE THE BUILDINGS IN BARE COVE,hINGHAM 7THEOLD HNGHAM SHIPYARD....
THESE TYPES OF PLACES SHOULD BE PRESERVED....!

Yea it still stands was there yesterday. but there was a bowdoser (spelling) along the driveway and it was all boarded up took us sumtime to get inside.

its not gone i visited the other night. there spirits and evil prescence all in it.

i went in there and its creepy as hell

THIS PIC IS NOTHING COMPARED TO ACTUALLY STANDING THERE AT NIGHT. PS PEOPLE DON'T GO DOWN THE DRIVEWAY POLICE ALWAYS PATROL THE DRIVEWAY SINCE THE PLACE IS PRACTRICALLY RIGHT BEHIND THE POLICE STATION

I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE JUST TELLING YOU THAT A POLICE STATION IS NEARBY AND YOU WILL BE ARRESTED OR AT THE VERY LEAST BE ESCORTED OFF THE PROPERTY ITS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE

As of 8/6/2006 the hospital still stands, I live across the pond from it!

Nice Pics! Thanks. I used to go fishing behind there. The BCI folks always nice to us. They once went looking for us to make sure we were ok after a thunderstorm had passed by.

That place is not demolished i drove down the road with a friend not to long ago

im going today. def stoked

yeah. you cant really look around easily at all. so all the more props to who took these pictures. me and a friend encountered cops within 15 minutes

Part of it burned down (the whole right half and it will be demolished soon There are still wheelchairs and such out front but if any choose to go just remember to stay no longer than a couple of minutes, ever since the fire the cops watch the place like hawks and they get there within five minutes and arrest who ever is there and confiscate all eqipment

2 friends and i took a trip down there this afternoon. i agree its creepy and i was on the look out for police. we walked to the right building that foms a horseshoe with the fire damaged part on the left. the roof is falling apart and unfortunatly vandals frequent the site. swastikas plague the area and glass from the windows. We spent roughly 15 minutes there and then got the hell out. no police were seen on the trip. There is another site down the road a ways from there. its haunted and theres a story to it. Its call camp Kiwanee and we visited it as well. It should be checked out in the day as it is cool. its an old summer camp. The story, and a true on at that, is that on her wedding day, a woman was told by her butler that he loved her, she didnt love him and he hung her from a hook in her wedding dress in the top room. when she didnt show up when the wedding song started, the people there found him upstairs, he jump out the window, rolled down the hill and into the lake, they never found his body. the room where she was killed is there, and boarded up. i dont know anymore specifics from the story. ill give infro where it is if your interested. we walked around with out any problems from people there and it was pretty much abandoned. and i found a CB radio in an old destroyed town of hanson truck. theres a firestation there as well. check it out

I just checked out Camp Kiwanee on the internet. It's a beautiful place!

Oh its a beautiful place alright. i have yet to go at night though when its supposed to be creepy

i don't understand why people feel the need to destroy this place. it's not there to be vandalized. it's a freakin' beautiful building.

I was there last night for like 30 seconds before my girlfriend freaked out and we left. Didn't someone say there were motion detectors in the driveway? If that's the case it would probably be best to get dropped off or at least park somewhere else and walk.
Even if you walked in the cops aren't gonna search the whole building so you might as well just get inside quick. and hide

The building isn't demolished. I went there last night actually. Sections of it have been burnt down but almost all of it is still standing. It is also very very boarded up so if by chance you ever decide to return bring a hammer or a crowbar to get in.

I went there at 1:00AM ... the most creepy thing i have ever seen in my life.

good work motts.

I've been here many-a-times. Its still there. They tried to re do it a while back, but it was just a lost cause. I've been banned from Hanson because some asshole of a neighbor( they live all around it) was walking his damn dog and saw me and my friends on the front balcony, he calle dthe cops, and we almost got charged with everything that was destroyed. He let us go, but i havne't been back in a bout a month. But litle do they know.... I'm going back up this weekend. I took some files from the place, some girl named christine renoylds. It has an address and everything, one of these days i want to go to that address and find out the history of the poor girl.

Now that you have given your name, publicly acknowledged that you took something from the building, gave out to the public the name of someone who received services at this place and whose family may not be anxious for her to be identified to the world, and noted that you are planning to return there this very weekend, would you say that this increases or decreases your chances of getting caught and charged with something?

So let me get this straight. You're in a boarded up and posted building with a history of problems, You stole items from the building, and the neighbors are
assholes? I think you have a few morality issues...

me and my friends are going to try and get in there. we are usually good at doing stuff like this, i promise we have no intention once so ever to vandilize or do anything destructive to it, we would really like to just see it from the inside. If anyone has any tips or suggestions on not getting caught i would really appreciate it.

hey its me again, the building caught on fire again recently. the roof is supposed to be almost gone, the building wont stand much longer.

This is some crazy ish

Yea its not demolished, i went there friday night. Scary shit!!!

its not gone ive broken in like 3 times

i can say it hast been demolished and i visited last night at 11:30

i went last saturday ( last time i entered a comment) and on my way out i stumbled upon the weel of hospital bed. i kept it on my bedroom the first night i got back. i dreamt i was a patiant in that building and was dieing quikly. it was probably the scariest dream ive ever had. the next night i took it out of my room and slept fine. last night i tried putting it back in my room and had the exact same dreak exept this time i was put in the body freezer down in the morgue. i plan on stating there a whole night this weekend im gunnu bring the weel and leave it..bad mojo man.

well if anyone plans to visit (wich i dont recomend or condone) [admin edit: location entry information removed] its safe dont woryy. motts i would love to hear how yo ugot in please tell.

i would love to see whats inside the abandoned buildings

we just got back from this place...It's 12:26 AM .. wow that place is creepy !! we pulled up and no one bothered us... but we both felt a heavyness and felt we didn't belong there .. we tried to take some pics. but it was to dark and blurry... tomrrow we plan to go back and get some new pics ... there is a huge pile of debris where the flag pole used to be...

I went to this exact place friday night..and i must say it was so creepy walking up that long road. We parked at the part with the log across the road..we attempted to get in but everything was boarded up. three cop crusiers showed up but we just hid and so they left. Right after we decided to leave to. It was a very scary place to be at during nightime! I wanna go back soon though!

I went there today with a friend, and we both pulled up in my car, and i didnt really believe in ghosts, but i would love to go there and just look inside. But i used to be friends with the people that destroyed this place, and i hate them for doing it. Now no one can go there and see for themselfs. Im going back Saturday and i want to see if its really haunted like people say it is. But for now i don't really beileve in ghosts or any thing. Bye for now.

this place is mad creepy at night. =x

i was here a little while ago. its still here and not demolished its trahsed though people ruined the bulidngs sites. inside very creepy but most of the back is burnt down now

i really wonder if i knwo anyone in person on this site, im 19 from pembroke, anyone in my ballpark?

well, I'm 68 from Hanson. close enough?

Has any one been inside at night? Im afraid to go in, abd get caught... Has any one gotten caught? I wana go in!!!! =o

There it still some of the building standing, Due to be demolished soon, I suggest you visit soon if it's in your plans.

the place is still there scary as hell at night...as of
1-5-07

Sara, everyone who gets caught in the building get arrested. There have been something like 30 arrests in the last few years.
FYI it's still mostly there. the town is still arguing about what to do with it.

Hey GRampie.. I'm from hanson, i live kinda close to it ... but still i wanna go inside,a nd really look for myself, and liek i really dont believe in ghosts and things liek that.. Have you beeen inside? i'm 19 yrs old, nad im not afraid to get arrested for something i'm doing a project on...

Still There as of today.. Checked it out myself!

That place is not even scary, I walked in there with my hog hanging out..

my girlfriend has been there a few times but i'm always too tied up with work so i can't go. but my friends and i are planning on going in one night and checking it out. we've gone into a few houses around our town on Cape, but we feel like it's time to go big and explore this place. also i just bought a new digital camera and want to break it in by taking pics and video of the whole thing. if anyone wants to hook me up with directions and a good plan to get in without getting caught look me up on myspace. my username is the same as the one i used here. (i would've put my email address, but its my full name so i figured if i just give my myspace address i should be fine haha) so if you have a myspace just send me a message with the directions and what not.

It's still standing.

A little added info:

Some of the original buildings are still in use.
There's Some sort of UMASS thing in the administration building, and a parking garage farther away...
Creepy as hell during the day, you can hear things falling and breaking and you get an extremely foreboding feeling.

I saw wolf tracks and this refuse to go there at night.

I went there a couple weeks ago, in the early morning and took a roll of film (we didn't go inside we just lurked outside) and I just developed it today, and the entire roll is blank... Weeeeirrd..

Yea this place is fucked. ive been there a couple times, inside and outside, theres separate buildings around the area if u walk into the woods which is kinda cool also, the inside is really freaky, especially at night. every time im there i wanna leave but i just keep wanting to go back cuz its just such a wierd place. if ur around there and decide to go, the cops are all over that area so be careful!

I've wanted to go back so bad. I mean i've never been inside, but i really want to see this for myself. Me and a friend really want to go, but since i'm 19; i dont think that the Hanson Cops will under stand if im doing a project on this creepy place. Since i kinda know all the hanson cops.
Damn! i wana go back. =[

Yea its still standing strong, i just went there tonite as a matter of fact. It was weird, because the moon was shining on it, and me and my friends were staring at it from the circle where the flag pole is, and like a calm at ease feeling came over us. It was very weird, like something was protecting us.

To Roff, me and my friends saw the " coyote tracks " as well. There arent any wolves in Hanson lol. They lead from the side and go into the woods behind the side buildings and out into the irrigation fields.

I grew up down the street from this place it still exists.....

we went to this place monday april 16 at like 11:45 and we were going to go in and film some shit. we didnt even get all the way in when we heard strange voices askin us to come in and stay, i thought i saw what looked like dark figure of a man. we just bolted from there,so freaked out it was crazy.

I went there the other night. Its 15 minutes away from where I live. It's still standing. A group of kids decided to explore it a few months back, then set it on fire. Without knowing how big the place actually was, they trapped themselves in one of the winding hallways and the cops ended up showing up. So they boarded up all the doors and windows on the first floor.

Yeah i've been recently too, everything is boarded up but yesterday there was a backhow and a lift thing out back by the smokestack. Does anyone know if they're going to tear it down? Also yeah i've had a couple of wierd things happen too, batteries that suddenly die, camera won't focus, can't get lighting right. All sorts of wierd stuff. I haven't ventured in yet, and right now i don't really plan to.

my airsoft team is planning on playing here and where going to it this weekend yea its creepy but ive played airsoft in creepier buildings that this :)

i went there like a week ago its still there and its not all that scary i mean ya it is dark inside but bring a flash lite

i live next to that palce and it always feel slike someones wathing u when ur down there. f

went in on the 15th of july around the back where the burnt part was found some twist ties in a drawer and peed it was cool i guess

My daughter and I were there in May of 07. Took lots of pictures, all showed up with orbs around us. I know you don't believe in that kind of stuff Motts ....but I do! Seemed to me, very peaceful.

The Hospital Is Still There....It's Going To Be Some Sort Of Apartments I Believe...But Not For Awhile..Some Kids Got Caught Trespassing Today And Had Their Car Towed

COUNTY HOSPITAL GROUNDS ARE CLEARLY POSTED WITH NO TRESPASSING SIGNS. IF YOU ENTER, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED.

yes its STILL there!

WARNING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO TRESPASS ON THESE PREMISES. ANYONE CAUGHT IN OR ON THE PROPERTY OF THIS BUILDING WILL BE ARRESTED. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CALLS TO POLICE BY HANSON RESIDENTS IN RECENT DAYS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT TOLERATE ANYONE WHO DECIDES TO TRESPASS ON THIS PROPERTY. - E.M SMITH SARG.

ya i got arrested from this place its not worth it unless you want to stay in a small cell for hours and court the next morning.

Hmmm.....

Why is it that all the fuckfaces seem to flock here?

This place is really cool. you are able to go inside because there are no signs, and you won't get arrested. so take a peek inside.

No. it hasn't been demolished. My friends have gone there. They all claim to have had supernatural experiences.

wait? its destroyed now?(crys)

its stil there or whats left of it there is plenty left to look at. ive gone two weekends in a row on saturdays with my son and had no trouble. im sure if your not doing anything stupid and just looking you will be fine. if your 16 and smoking weed there you might have a problem.

duddeee i went there its FUCKING AWESOME!!!

i didnt get in thouggjhh
im going tomorrow!

Hey, I have never seen this place but it looks amazing...I am jealous of your picture taking abilites!
BTW There is supposedly a house down the street from it that is haunted. I only got bits of the story but its right near or on Main Street..anyone else heard of that?

Nope its all still there.. and the windows now look like they are bleeding from the sills from the outside..

I live 5 minutes from the building and it's still there as of 11/25/07

actually it hasnt been demolished! last time i was there was november. i cant believe you've been there!

i went there yesterday 1/20/08 and its still up!

I believe in laws and law enforcement, but honestly, what is it about this site that keeps patrols on constant duty? I mean, how BIG is the police department??

Hanson is a lame hick town..they even built a new police station down the street from the hospital

i was here today, it looks like it had been cleaned out alot compared to these photos, but still got some got pics.

is this place still there?
i got arrested there in august (very stupid) but i guess the cops were bored and had nothing else going on.

i was there last night and it is not demolished... parts are burned but its still accessible... known lots of ppl that have been inside and it is very creepy and have heard screams to knocks when asked and i swear the temp dropped at times... not a easily scared person but went late at night and this place is friggin scary..... if u dont believe me then grow some balls and go for yourself..

I was just at that hospital today. It looks way different. its half burnt down. I hear that they are knocking it down and putting condos over it.

i just went tonight, it's still standing. we couldn't get in though, but it's pretty epic.

I was just there on the same day as you hotfuzzz, only I went in the afternoon around 1:30. Was there for about 35 mins before state trooper showed up and I was literally 5 seconds away from arrest. Luckily didn't see me but HOLY hell that was scary stuff. Got some good pics as well.

The cop told me I wasnt welcome to hanson anymore after I went there. He was going to arrest me but thankgod for military ID's ;)

This was a couple years back though

Its still there.

COOL PIS DIDT GET ANY SHOT OF THE ROOMS

its still there, i went to it yesterday. there are crazy cameras and cops there now because so many people went to it

I got caught there once and the cop said "Next time you're looking for thrills, chills and excitement, go to your local blockbuster" I almost died laughing. He did then tell me to get out of Hanson and never come back...

Only caught there 1 time though. I have been there a good 10 times

so me and two of my best friends smalyssa and sneve ventured up there at exactly 6:66 in the morning, it was still dark and a bit nipply out. we pulled our vt cruiser to the back of the place and peered into the windows to this day i swear i saw a pressed ham against the window peering back at me. byt we went in anyways, risky...i know. so we took our lader and went in threw the back 2nd story window...risky as well...i know but we are risk takers as i am sure you can tell. we made our way threw the place adn finaly got ot the basement all three of us felt shivers down our spines. AND THEN all of the sudden smalyssa shit her pants! it was seeping out of her pants and onto the floor. she took her pants and underwear full of shit off and left it there. we all ran up, but i swear you can still smell her shit to this very day.

ok so i went to this place three times first time didnt get in second time smashed my baseball bat through the window then i came back and they boarded it back up went to the other side of the building grabbed a huge cylinder pillar me and my buddies took it and tore threw one of the windows and the cops rolled up i have been inside most of the hospital but i was with 9 people and we all got arrested and i had to sit in court for 5 hours sit in jail for 4 hours and had to pay 400 dollors in fines cops heavily watch this place i talked to a cop about it so be carefull when u go this place is danggerous also u could get hurt or got sick but i got some heartpumps and some records from 1975 ill shit but cops will come and immediatly arrest you and tower your motherfuckin car!!!!!!!

the cops were bored, we got arrested. hide better if you want to go there.

After you have needlessly VANDALIZED the bldg, what do you plan to do with the things you have STOLEN, vinny? Do u plan to use the so-called "heart pumps," or give the records to the family? Or are they going to just add to a collection of shit u have that holds absolutely no value except for maybe the fact that it is probably a pile of shit you have STOLEN? You should be real fuckin proud of yourself, vinny.... Your parents MUST be.

Great shots. I went there the other day and it was all boarded up. Too bad. I would love to have seen the inside. Thank you for sharing these photos. All I got was the outside!!

Yeah i was there about a week ago. the boards on the windows are pretty damn solid. havnt been inside in about 2 years and wanted to go check it out again, but unless you have a very inconspicuous 30foot ladder.... you wont get in

my friends and I just visited the hospital therefore it's not demolished.

its not demolished dont worry i went there the other day =D

the hospital has not been demolished, although parts have burnt down. i went there and explored, trying to build my portfolio up for college admissions but unfortunately got caught by two hanson cops. we have a court date in january, hopefully nothing too serious. although my pentaxk1000 hated the cold weather, whatever our "sentence" is will be totally worth it.

it is still there, I was there last night

it is still there, I was there last night

Only the back where the fire was has been demo'd. The interior isn't in as good of condition as is was when you visited, but it's still there.

Yeah, I live a few towns over and it's definitely still there. But there was a fire that took out a good chunk of one of the wings. =[
And yes, it is a BIG favorite for Hanson cops to check out, so be careful!

I was there tonight and it is still standing and very much in tact

mad po always go and check out this place. its stilll there.

I was there last night for the 2nd time, definitely not a safe place to be but is creepy. Half the hospital is completely caved in on the inside and is pretty well boarded up. We found a window to crawl through that led to the basement near the front. I highly recommend that you do NOT go here, it is highly patrolled by cops. While we were there 2 kids we were with got chased by 2 cops but got out safely. Afterwards, the cops called backup and 2 more showed up with a dog. We layed low in the lowest possible spot we could find the hospital in the dead silence and darkness. Luckily when we crawled out the window, we creeped through bushes and managed to run from the cops as they shined their spotlights on us. I've never been so scared, not a good place to go if you don't want to get arrested. Cops take it very seriously.

The hospital is still there, type it in on youtube and someone posted a tour of the outside on August 16, 2009.

First, thanks for the great photos, I was trying to explain this place to my wife, but your pictures did a far better job than my descriptions.

I grew up in Whitman, right next door to Hanson and while I was in college, my girlfriend (who was a Hanson girl) told me about this place. We visited twice. The first time was summer 1998. She and I plus one of her friends went in the late afternoon and were able to get in and explore the buildings a bit. Understanding tuberculosis and the painful way that it causes death makes you appreciate how many lives ended in an awful way in this building. I am a hard-core atheist and skeptic, but I could not help feeling uncomfortable the whole time we were there. I found myself constantly looking over my shoulder. We left when one of the girls thought she saw something move in front of her and freaked out - so we had to go.

We decided to go back a few weeks later at night. This time we wanted to bring a video camera and record the experience. It was a different group this time, myself, my brother, my girlfriend and another of our friends.

Unfortunately we didn't even make it into the building this time, nor did I have the camera going. As we approached the building a light came on in the room that is on the second floor of the central structure. Its the center window in the straight-on picture in this gallery.

In the light there was clearly someone standing in the window looking at us. Now, I'm not claiming it was anything "spiritual", most likely it was other kids who got there before us, but the light was definitely a light in the ceiling, not a flashlight and as far as I knew at the time, there was no live electricity running to the building. Whatever it was, it freaked us all out royally and we decided to leave.

I don't think that any of us ever went back, but I'd love to go back and check it out again someday, although the police presence seems a lot more common than it was back in the late 90's.

Thanks for the pictures though and letting me rant about the "good-old-days".

Me and my friend have been there a total of 2 times ( so far ). But have never gotten in!( well sorta).... The 1st time, we had no issues with police, we walked around the place took pics, and even had a chance to go inside the kitchen area, that is exposed. This place smells terrible!! and is completely overwhelming. The only way i can explian it is just to go into a dirt basement, and multiply that smell times 50.... Btw, there is a fence now around the place, and if ur planing on jumping it, plan on bringing bandages, lol. My arms were cutt.... But back to my story, we definitely got sum activity there. As soon as we got there, were herd footsteps from the inside. We sorta just ignored it, and walked to a different part of the building. But.. We starting hearing them again?? Except they were getting louder and louder! As if they were walking toward us... We were a bit freaked out, so we walked to yet a different part of the building.. And we herd the same thing there 2, we could hear them start of slow, and far away, and get louder till u could hear it outside the window on the 1st floor, then my friend so a shadow in front of a window, and we booked it.. That was no person, idek what it was.. But on are 2nd trip.... We got there, and imediatly looked for a way in, and we found 1... As we started climbing 2 the 2nd story window, ( my firend was on my shoulder's ), i herd something 2 the left of me, and it sounded like something running toward me.. And this is the scary part... There was no wind, but i saw leaves moving as if somthing was runing staright at me, but there was no1 there... So we got scared and ran away. But went back 1 hour later. BAD MOVE. We got caught by a man with his dog and ran away, and by that time there was a man ( possibly a police man ) on a motor cycle at the entrance, witch we had 2 hide till he left. At that moment we made a last moment dash to get outa the place, when a police car got us.. CAUGHT.... Yep, every1 just take my advise, and stay away from this place. Its not worth it, 1st of all. And 2nd of all, there are things there, that obviously don't wont us there.. the police check there hourly, and residents do call.

And yes, its still standing btw..

it's still there.. my grandparents live right next door down the path. and to Harry, if the man was old with a black dog, that was my grandfather :P

A friend and I were there recently and after listening to the recordings we took we heard screams in the background that we only heard on the tapes and not when we were there.

shes still holding but they put a barbbed wire fence around her

I worked at Plymouth County Hospital in the late 70's, early 80's... first as a candy striper, then as a nurse's aid while I was in school. Looking at these pictures give me chills and the weirdest feeling. Working there helped me become who I am today... so many patients suffered there in these ten bed wards with no privacy or dignity. The place still haunts me, although I have not gone back to view it in ruins...

Got inside last week. Although it was an awesome trip, and i had a real good time exploring the place, i cant help but to be disappointed... This place is trashed!! It looks like crap from the outside, and even worse on the inside. Its dangerous above all as well...There is almost nothing interesting inside.. I didn't experience anything paranormal. The only creepy feelings i got were when the cops came.. i could hear the car stop, the officer walk out, checked around, then drove away.. I cant stress enough how serious the cops are about this place.. After looking at these pics for months and wishing to get inside, after seeing it, im only sadend. Sadend that such a beautiful place could get so mistreated.

the fence isnt barbed... i was in there last night, you're right ben... the place is trashed... but still got the creepy feeling when i wasnt the one with the flashlight... no cops showed up that im aware of but i've been told they are quite serious about it... it was an interesting adventure either way

went tonight awsome time never been there before took a ton of pics deff a creepy place easy to get lost in the basement haha but made it to three floors and some what into the burnt sec no cops so went well

i totally agree with ben. i went a few nights ago and was only disappointed about how much people have destroyed the place. seeing the old macharinery was cool though. like the x-ray room and the old photocoppier. and the stuff in the basement. there wasnt much left in the place.. all debris on the ground. the whole building is fenced around now. obv stil ways in. i hope to go again and make a video.. maybe next time i will hear these noises people always say they here. because no wierd activitys or noises occured when i was there.

At kyleigh... Yes there were still some really cool stuff left in there.. But not like in these pics. Thats y i was disappointed.. The basement was really cool, and yes the x-ray room was awesome as well!.. But i think the most interesting floor was def the 1st floor. Seeing how that's were most of the medical equipment, bed frames, and mattresses were. Along with a lot of other cool stuff... I took a video of my whole trip there in HD, if your interested i could try an email it to you?.. Ide post them on you-tube, but i don't wont ne more reckless people finding this location, and destroying it ne more... Thankfully i live in Whitman, the next town over, so im gana try an go back sometime in the future :).

We are stepping up security again, and plan on having different officers and a K-9 patrolling the grounds 24/7 effective 7/15/2010. You will be arrested and prosecuted if you pass the fence. We will release the dog if you try and run or do not surrender. You are breaking the law by being there. The Massachusetts State Police and Plymouth County Sheriff's Department will also be patrolling the area time to time and will help us capture anyone who enters. Is it really worth getting arrested and facing jail and/or fines? STAY OUT.

Edward F. Savage III
Chief of Police

I live down the street from the hospital. The back half is burnt down, but the building is not demolished. There is now a fence around the perimeter and the cops take notice if you are down there. Its illegal to enter the hospital now and you can be arrested, if caught.

i went there in 08 i wish i went inside cu i drove down by it today and its a,l fenced up and i dont want to risk being arrested i have a kid i just wish those assholes didnt fuck with the place and ruin it for every one else i wish i was a teen in the ,ate 9?s when u could actually go get a thrill and look inside without being hasseled by cops thanks alot fuck heads u ruined the fun for everypone else btw i think the police are a huge buzz kill for being so stict about a cool abandomed building that is haunted or watever

I grew up in Hanson. I drove down this street the other day. Yes, the buildings are still there, but in BAD unsafe shape. Police patrol the area regularly. ~ The fence is there for a reason, its UNSAFE. Not worth breaking your neck for a few pictures.

I live one town over and for now its still standing. Back a few years ago when they had the bad fire a homeless man was killed in the fire (RIP). I know a few people who have gone and will never go back in... At least at night ever again. Supposedly when they were downstairs you could hear one of the chairs upstairs being dragged along the floor. Just different noises and lights coming from no where. Thanks but I'd stay the hell out. And yes the hospital driveway is patrolled regularly by the police. One police officer lives right near there too. I wouldn't be surprised if they've taken up motion detectors or even cameras by now with all of the arson that has gone on.

Wonderful pictures though. I love your angles.

Just did a quick trip inside today, awesome place. My dad worked here in 1990/1991 and I always wanted to check it out

i just went there yesterday! great place! i almost commented about something related to the fires/police issues but i don't wanna get kicked off this site lol. i thought it was a great location for urban photography. the exterior is amazing!! and i've been to alot of places (aslylums, state schools, etc) and i've never seen a ghost. sorry kids!!

i went there today didnt go in but very creepy from the outside why is there a smokestak in the back and that weird ad on that is a circle i felt like people were watching me and my friends i heard noises coming from inside and a guy yelling get out seriously very creepy i found papers outside that were from 1985 and you could read them it was saying how much medicine they gave the people creepy i heard homeless people lived in there now in the basement. there was wheelchairs outside and also gernies so weird there was grefiti everywhere and i heard people talking inside the building i couldnt hear what they were saying but it was coming from the old kicthen im going back at night this week wish me luck

yeah someone drove like a huge truck into the huge fence...so the fence barely exists anymore

meowww, the fence is still up, only a small section got knocked down. Because my friend showed me the hospital last night and I viewed only a small section on the grass, cause around everything else, the fence was up. So maybe that was what you saw too, not entirely possitive, but the yard to the hospital is accessable now because that part of the fence is down.
Danny, as for the smoke stack, my friend told me that is where they would creamate the bodies. And when she told me that and we were right next to it in the car last night, I freaked and told her to drive lol. I literally screeched to her to drive. I was so creeped. Then again going there to show me at 11 at night didnt help either.
Colin, I most certainly agree with you, the grounds of this hospital is gorgious, absolutely gorgious and I plan on taking images as well.
Motts this is another wonderful image. I appreciate you visiting Hanson and doing this cause if this place ever gets torn down, these and any other forms of the hospital, will be the remaining memory of the entire site. You preserved it, thank you!

hi well anyways i have gone there it scary i cryed the hole time and then i stoped dont worrie haha but yeah where i was me and my friends had to laydown in the curve room and the cops drove around a few time around the hostipal and then the owner stoped there for like twenty mins and then we had time to leave and we got out but its can be very dangerous and its teaches you how thoghs people lived like. it was funny lookking at the stuff but very scary!! and it still stands there today!! oh yeah and the cops check the place 1 every 2 hours!!!!! be carfull the owners of housees near by will call the cops on you!!!!

DONT GO IN THERE I WILL NEVER GO IN AGAIN!!!!!!

Went in there Monday. I cannot tell you how gorigous this building is. Sad, but gorgious. Took plenty of pictures. Printed some out. We were careful on not getting caught. If the owners however are two females, a mother and daughter, then we watched from a window. they left within five minutes. And we were there for two hours, left before the cops did their rounds. What saddened me the most however is that looking at the burnt parts of the building. I was so angry. But im telling you, even though it is a very sad place of death and isolation. Its one hell of a gorgious building and I adore it! :))

Its more like a one time deal however.
Cause I want to explore other places.
Plus Id rather not have anything on my clean record if my luck runs out and me and my friends get caught . The one time visit was worth it. As were the pictures. Cause thats all we wanted, were pictures. And to see the place in person.

It's still there... i got papers from the nurses stating they tried to treat TB with kemo....the best pary of the hospital was burned down sadly and I believe the morgue was closed... I still try to sneak up the stairs without falling through near one of the bathroom areas... in the basement there is old abandoned chairs and tables. any questions contact me at gothica223@aim.com

By the way, if you break the red tiles on the roof asbestos is released into the air... the entire place is made of asbestos...

Hey. I live town over from Hanson... it's still there. Kids in my school want to explore it. I think itd be kind of creepy...

its still there and everyone says its haunted

I just went there tonight (4/10/12) with a few friends. Its not torn down and it is still there although a small section of it was burnt down and it was boarded up and fenced in. As people say,the cops patrol every hour or so and we had to run through the woods and hop over 2 fences to get out. Also, the cops had their little k9 helpers with them so if u Decide to go, go at night and be quiet!

Hey Zak, FYI cops troll this message board. In between ghost hunts, on your next post make sure to write about your P.O.E. and maybe the patrol times of the Hanson PD.

went there last night. definitely loved it a lot. it was getting dark and my friend was getting a strong feeling like someone was trying to get us out. So we left. Got lots of pics.

I would go again to look at wat we missed plus see it during the day when the sun isn't going down, but reading that the police patrol the building often makes me nervous...although idk if that's exactly true since I pulled right up with my car.....

i been there with my dad

As far as Google Maps is concerned with its most recent update,the place is till standing,and still somewhat structurally intact (though the back portion of the amin building is torn down and the smaller outbuilding next to it has some fire'water damage to its roof) but the rest of the outbuildings(sans one,which is just an empty lot with an old parking lot in front of it) around the main hospital still look to be structurally sound