Worcestor State Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts ( 1877-2008)

Artist/Designer: Worcester MA Architects Weston & Rand

Project Location: Worcestor Massachusetts United States

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Style/Period(s):
Gothic

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Plaster, Wood

Function(s):
Health Facility

Related Website(s):

Architects: Weston & Rand | Accessed : May 25, 2025

Historical Information

Preservation Works | Accessed : May 23, 2025

Architect Frank_W._Weston | Accessed : May 25, 2025

Significant Date(s):
1877

Additional Information:
Architect: Weston & Rand - Frank W Weston and George Dutton Rand

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

Worcester State Hospital, Madeline Ryan & Katherine Anderson (Arcadia Publishing, 2021)

Building Address: 305 Belmont St., Worcester, Massachusetts 01604

Significant Dates: Opened 1877, Demolished 2008

Preservation Status: National Register of Historic Places, Demolished despite National Register of Historic Places listing

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