20 Scary Images of the Creepiest Asylum Ever Built

Taunton State Hospital – Taunton, Massachusetts

The building was established in 1854 and originally known as State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton. One of the buildings most beautiful features was its breezeways, which were added in the 1890’s to connect the end of the wards to the hospital’s infirmary buildings, its distinct cupolas, large dome, cast-iron capitals and window bar gave this building its very own unusual personality. In 1975, the main part of the hospital was closed and abandoned. In 1999,the large dome which towered the hospital’s administration building collapsed. A massive fire broke out in the center of the building which included the theater and the administration in March 19, 2006. The demolition took place in May 2009.

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