{"id":945,"date":"2008-08-14T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/?p=945"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:02:22","slug":"northampton-state-hospital-male-attendants-home-august-14-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/architecture-and-abandoned\/northampton-state-hospital-male-attendants-home-august-14-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Northampton State Hospital Male Attendants Home &#8211; August 14, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The one building I had never explored in all of my many trips to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/architecture-and-abandoned\/hospitals\/asylums\/northampton-state-hospital\/\">Northampton State Hospital<\/a> was the Male Attendants Home. It sat right on the main road where you would turn to get to the Kirkbride, and so it seemed a staggering omission from my photo library. I shot film on this trip and also managed a third infiltration of the Memorial Complex.  The memorial complex is also featured in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/architecture-and-abandoned\/northampton-state-hospital-june-17-2006\/\">June 17, 2006 trip<\/a> and  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/architecture-and-abandoned\/northampton-state-hospital-memorial-complex-june-29-2008\/\">June 29, 2008 trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-0 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/diamond-doors\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0688.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Doors to rooms in the male attendants&#039; residence at Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/833\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0690.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Detail in male attendants residence at Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/834\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0693.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Detail in male attendants residence at Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/skylight-hall\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0694.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Doors to rooms in the male attendants&#039; residence at Northampton State Hospital in a hall with sky lights\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/skylight-hall-ii\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0696.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Doors to rooms in the male attendants&#039; residence at Northampton State Hospital in a hall with sky lights\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/837\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tub in the Memorial Complex of Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/838\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0702.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bathroom sinks in the memorial complex of Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/839\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0705.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hallway in the Memorial Complex of Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/840\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0706.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hallway in the Memorial Complex of Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/841\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0716.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bathroom sinks in the memorial complex of Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/842\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0721.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Northamton State Hospital Memorial Complex exterior.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/843\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ncs_0724.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Male attendants residence exterior at Northampton State Hospital\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 it seemed a staggering omission from my photo library. I shot film on this trip&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,11,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture-and-abandoned","category-asylums","category-hospitals","category-northampton-state-hospital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}