#7 Country Side & Garden

#7

This abandoned store is located in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It was known as Country Side and Garden when it was open. Across the street, there used to be a huge old mill (?). 

It is in the process of being emptied and boarded up.

#6 Abandoned House

#6

This house is located in Milford, Massachusetts. There isn't a 'No Trespassing' sign on the house, but I still kept my distance because of where it is located. 

#5 - Abandoned House

#5

This huge house is located in Mendon, Massachusetts. I only have pictures of it boarded up, but it wasn't ever boarded up. An old, homeless man used to live inside it. I really couldn't imagine how he could have lived in it when the house was literally caving in. Sometimes when I used to drive by it at night, there would be a light in the window. 

Since it has been boarded up and a 'No Trespassing' sign has been posted, the old man hasn't been near the house. Supposedly, it is to be torn down soon.

#4 - Abandoned House Across From The Blanchard School

#4

Hidden in the weeds across from the Blanchard School, this property is trying to be sold after being abandoned for many years.

The upper windows of the house are in tact, while the bottom windows...not so much. A 'No Tresspassing' sign is posted on the front door, but is barely visible because of the large overgrowth. There is a 'For Sale' sign outside of the house.

# 3 - Blanchard School

#3

Picture thanks to this website.

The Blanchard School was closed because of asbestos problems. I'm estimating that it closed around 2002 or 2003, because I couldn't find any information about it on the web, but it is considered a historical place in North Uxbridge. There is a sign in front of the school now about the preservation of the school. Behind the school is a playground now overgrown with weeds. You can see the playground barely if you go down School Street right next to the school. It is a dead end, though.

This is one of the few pictures I have taken of the Blanchard school...I plan to take more soon.

Abandoned #2 - Medfield State Hospital, MA

#2

Medfield State Hospital is not technically "abandoned"... its just not used (except for a few movies like Shutter Island and The Box.)

It is patrolled by police. You can go there to walk around, but you can't go inside the buildings. You have to check in and check out when you go there. They yell at you if you get too close to the buildings. They patrol in cars every few minutes. My friend and I watched for them, and waited until they left so we could get a closer look at the buildings. We weren't the only ones interested in the buildings. A few people were also there checking doors and windows to find entry points. They had cameras too, so we figured they were there for the same reasons we were.

Through many windows I looked in, I could see peeling paint and vacant halls.

A gate leading to a few other buildings. We could slip through on the sides of the gate to look at the other buildings. The signs seemed very old.

You can't even see the letters on the sign.

This door is labeled '8'

The front of the porch has collapsed.

A very nice sign

I'm pretty sure this is a church. I think the windows were replaced for when they shot Shutter Island.

If you look really close at the windows on the white section of the building, there are still snowflake decorations. 

A sign telling you what the building was used for.

We parked right next to this sign...

This was the first building we saw when we got out of our car.  It is now demolished.

A back door that has been boarded to prevent break-ins.

Probably shouldn't touch that.

An informative sign

A fenced in area that must have been used for outdoor activities. 

 Down the street is a cemetery for the dead. At first the graves were only marked by their inmate numbers, but later on the graves contained names and birth/death dates.
Below you can see the sign for the cemetery and how it was used in the movie Shutter Island that was filmed at the hospital.

Real Life

The movie "Shutter Island"

An inmate number.

What's happening now?

Cleanup Plan for Medfield State Hospital Upsets Residents Near Charles River Site

More information, history, etc.

Abandoned House #1 - My First Discovery

#1

This was the first house I got interested in. It was across from my middle school, and I had a good view of it from my science class.