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A very good example of the Kirkbride style asylum that was once extremely common in the United States, and made famous from the 2001 horror film Session 9, which was filmed in the complex when it was abandoned. Much of the asylum complex was demolished in 2007, but the main Kirkbride building remains, and now houses the Bradlee Danvers apartment complex, and thus not open to the public. The cemetery for the asylum remains as well, with its characteristic hexagonal headstones.
The Danvers State Hospital, also known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, The Danvers Lunatic Asylum, and The Danvers State Insane Asylum, was a psychiatric hospital located in Danvers, Massachusetts. It was built in 1874 and opened in 1878, under the supervision of prominent Boston architect Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee, on an isolated site in rural Massachusetts. It was a multi-acre, self-contained psychiatric hospital designed and built according to the Kirkbride Plan.
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Elaborate mansion and summer house with outstanding gardens. $2 donation. Guided tours May-July with reservations ($15).
Open by appointment.
Major General Israel Putnam, American commander at Bunker Hill was born here in 1718. "Old Put" was famous for his command, "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes."
Learn about colonial life and the infamous events of the witch trial era.
20 theaters including 1 IMAX theater. Great theater with good snacks, food, and friendly service. A lot of fun for midnight shows and premieres.