Foxboro State Hospital

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Foxboro (or Foxborough) State Hospital opened in 1889 to treat alcoholics, and was later used to treat psychiatric disorders. The hospital ceased most of it's operations in 1976, but the buildings have been used for other purposes such as file storage and haunted houses during the Halloween season.

The layout of this institution was very unique; the original inebriate asylum consisted of a few isolated buildings that were later connected by very long hallways, which served as dayrooms. Patient rooms were in wings that branched off to the sides, and the newest additions (circa 1950's) were dormitories that were covered in tile. Many cupolas adorn the roof, and the basement holds a surprisingly large eight body morgue. There are two cemeteries nearby holding around 1,100 patients with headstones marked with only a patient number and a grave number.

It is now being abated and demolished be a developer.

Info Taken from www.opacity.us/site21_foxboro_state_hospital.htm