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Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, Massachusetts (1854)

Artist/Designer: Taunton MA Architects Elbridge Boyton & Phineas Ball

Project Location: Taunton MA

Figure 1: Basement tracks ( Photographer: Ray Staten )
Figure 2: Administration ( Photographer: Robert Lewis )
Figure 3: Connector ( Photographer: Robert Lewis )
Taunton State Hospital Site View
Figure 4: Taunton State Hospital
Site View ( Source | Accessed : May 23, 2025 | Photographer: Library of Congress )
Taunton State Hospital Front South Elevation Exterior Library Of Congress
Figure 5: Taunton State Hospital Front Door South Elevation ( Source | Accessed : May 23, 2025 | Photographer: Library of Congress )
Taunton State Hospital MA Exterior Breezeway Library of Congress
Figure 6: Taunton State Hospital Exterior Breezeway ( Source | Accessed : May 23, 2025 | Photographer: Library of Congress )
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Figure 7: Taunton State Hospital Exterior Breezeway Detail ( Source | Accessed : May 23, 2025 | Photographer: Library of Congress )
Taunton State Hospital West Facade
Figure 8: Taunton State Hospital
West Facade ( Source | Accessed : May 23, 2025 | Photographer: Library of Congress )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Brick, Wood, Plaster

Function(s):
Health Facility

Related Website(s):

Taunton State Hospital Parks Service Listing | Accessed : May 23, 2025
Taunton State Hospital Wikipedia | Accessed : May 23, 2025
Preservation Works | Accessed : May 23, 2025
Architect Elbridge Boyton | Accessed : May 23, 2025

Significant Date(s):
1854

Additional Information:
Architects: Elbridge Boyton and Phineas Ball of Boyton & Ball

Publications/Texts in Print:

Kirkbride, Robert. 2024, December 10. “Phantoms of the Kirkbride Hospitals.” Places Journal. Eds. N. Levinson, F. Richard, J. Wallaert

Kirkbride, Robert. 2025, July 1. “Scent Surveys, Decay and Transformation in the Kirkbride Plan Hospitals of North America.” Chapter 8 in New Sensory Approaches to the Past: Applied Methods in Sensory Heritage and Archaeology. Eds. P. Jordan and S. Mura. London, England: UCL Press



Building Address: 60 Hodges Avenue, Taunton, Massachusetts 02780

Significant Dates: Opened 1854, Demolished 2009

Preservation Status: Demolished despite National Register of Historic Places listing

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