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Remebering the New Frontier
John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier acceptance speech paved the way to the Community Mental Health Act of 1963. This law provided federal funding for community based programs to replace the centralized...
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Artifacts up for bid
From The Republican By Fred Contrada Saturday, June 29, 2013 Sink and Urinal, listing #15293If you’ve ever wanted a urinal or a shower head from the former Northampton State Hospital, now is the time....
View ArticleChristopher Heights approved for tax break
From The Republican By Jim Kinney Monday, July 1, 2013 A city tax break for the $13.4 million, 50,000-square-foot Christopher Heights of Northampton Project in the Village Hill neighborhood has been...
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For Sale to Highest Bidder
From Kirby on the Loose Sunday, July 7, 2013 Domino Cigarettes, listing #15279Someone told me that the planning department was auctioning off articles from the state hospital, and I should check it...
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Habeas Corpus video
Sunday, July 7, 2013 Habeas Corpus video. A sound installation by Anna Schuleit Haber at the former Northampton State Hospital (Mass.), for which the artist spent three years of getting permissions and...
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The Wright Stuff
From BusinessWest By Elizabeth Taras Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Northampton-based Builders Make a Living on the Cutting Edge Mark Ledwell, left, and Jonathan Wright. Image care of BusinessWestIt’s called...
View ArticleParanormal
From Youtube By siKswYne94 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 NSH Paranormal Investigation Northampton State Hospital. Known for its scenic environment but notorious for its dark past. This place held an...
View ArticleA Good Place to Take Girls
From Karelia Stetz-Waters Monday, July 29, 2013 One of the things I liked most about attending Smith College in the mid 90′s was the abandoned mental asylum located just beyond the athletic fields....
View ArticleNew exhibit tells story of NSH
From The Republican By George Lenker Tuesday, February 11, 2014 At one time, the Northampton State Hospital was the largest employer in the city. So it’s no wonder that that now defunct and razed site...
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Inside a Mental Hospital Called Jail
From The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof Saturday, February 8, 2014 The Cook County Jail has become a de facto mental health hospital, the county’s sheriff says. John Gress for The New York TimesThe...
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Shaw’s Motel, Hamp’s Last Gleaming
Shaw’s Motel Units. Private Kitchens Baths. Shaw’s Motel at 87 Bridge St. in downtown Northampton was once a refuge to the homeless mentally ill, abandoned to the streets from their incarceration at...
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Last Friday the State Library of Massachusetts generously posted their archive of digitized Annual Reports for Northampton State Hospital. These reports were originally published by the State Hospital...
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Last Friday the State Library of Massachusetts generously posted their archive of digitized Annual Reports for Northampton State Hospital. These reports were originally published by the State Hospital...
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Danvers State
I was lucky enough to receive my copy of The History and Architecture of Danvers State Hospital last week. The History and Architecture of Danvers State Hospital by John Gray.Historical image spread...
View ArticleExile: Homelessness and Northampton State Hospital
Northampton was an agricultural and industrial community of just 6,500 when, on a July 4th afternoon in 1856, local and state dignitaries laid the cornerstone for the third state hospital for persons...
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