Northampton State Hospital
Northampton State Hospital Male Attendants Home – August 14, 2008
The one building I had never explored in all of my many trips to Northampton State Hospital was the Male Attendants Home. It sat right on the main road where you would turn to get to the Kirkbride, and so…
Northampton State Hospital Memorial Complex – June 29, 2008
The Memorial Complex at Northampton State Hospital managed to outlast the demolition of the Kirkbride...for a while at least. In 2008, I returned to the hospital to take more photos of the complex. This is a short gallery, but you…
Northampton State Hospital Memorial Complex – June 17, 2006
Some friends of mine had never been to Northampton and, with demolition looming, I offered to make another pre-dawn assault on the place with them. Naturally, they didn't wake up in time but I am not complaining. During this trip,…
Northampton State Hospital – April 2, 2006
As the inevitable demolition of Northampton State Hospital drew closer, rumors began to circulate about increased security. I remember people saying on the forums that there was a Massachusetts State Police Officer who sat on the campus and turned people…
Northampton State Hospital – March 11, 2006
My 5th trip to Northampton State Hospital finally led me to the morgue. It was located in a dark corridor in the basement underneath the main cafeteria which you could only get to through the theater, and I had never…
Northampton State Hospital – February 11, 2006
Urban Exploration was definitely beginning to take over my free time by the time of my fourth visit to Northampton State Hospital. I was heading out to abandoned places essentially every chance I could get. Northampton was a common destination…
Northampton State Hospital – January 28, 2006
On my third trip to Northampton State Hospital I tried a few surreal photographic techniques...not all of which I am that happy with 20 years later. I have included my original edits as well as a few re-edits I made…
Northampton State Hospital – January 14, 2006
We arrived at NoHo to find the campus shrouded in fog. We worked our way through the North Infirmary before entering the main part of the Kirkbride for the first time. I remember very clearly opening the door and the…
Northampton State Hospital – December 27, 2005
Photography, for me, started in Middle School. My friend signed up for photography class and brought me in to the dark room to check out the prints he was developing from his pinhole camera. I was instantly hooked. The smell…