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An abandoned psychiatric hospital chapel and infirmary in Medfield is getting a second act – as a stage as a new music venue.
An abandoned psychiatric hospital once used for the filming of "Shutter Island" is getting a second life. Trump ...
Stroll through the ruins of Medfield State Hospital and the creaks of aged wood, taps inside the buildings from small animals and the rustle of leaves make it one of the spookiest places to visit ...
On most days, the rolling grounds of the former mental health facility Medfield State Hospital are filled with people soaking up the fresh air — dog walkers with dogs running through the hills ...
At the hospital, it was always 70 or 80 or more. I never could get quite a good answer for that.” In 1914, the facility took on a new and final identity - Medfield State Hospital. Superintendent ...
The Medfield State Hospital is also accessible to the public. Established in 1896, the hospital started as an asylum that accepted its first 120 patients from Taunton, Danvers, Northampton ...
Medfield State Hospital, formerly known as Medfield Insane Asylum, was the first of its kind. Designed in the late 1800s to treat chronic mental health patients, it was designed with a new layout ...
The location was apt: Martin Scorsese’s 2010 thriller, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, was filmed in part on the abandoned grounds of the former Medfield State Hospital. With more than two ...
After years of uncertainty, negotiation and planning, the town officially owns the Medfield State Hospital property – ending a years long process that brought about new legislation and ...
5 and Sunday, Sept. 6 on the grounds of the now-closed Medfield State Hospital, where the movie was filmed. Based on Dorchester native Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel of the same name, “Shutter ...