Danvers State Hospital

The Danvers State Hospital, also known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, The Danvers Lunatic Asylum, and The Danvers State Insane Asylum, was a psychiatric hospital located in .
Tap on a place
to explore it
Photo: Dhasson, Public domain.
  • Type: Hospital
  • Description: former hospital in Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hospital”, “Danvers Insane Asylum”, “Massachusetts State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers”, and “The Danvers State Insane Asylum

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include General Israel Putnam House and St. John’s Preparatory School.

Historic house
The in , , is a historic First Period house recorded in the National Register of Historic Places. is situated 2,100 feet east of Danvers State Hospital.

School
St. John's Preparatory School is a grade 6–12 private, Catholic, all-boys college-preparatory school located at 72 Spring Street, , United States. is situated 1 mile east of Danvers State Hospital.

Library
The is the public library of , established in 1854. The current building at 15 Sylvan Street was constructed for the in 1891 by Little & Browne. is situated 2 miles southeast of Danvers State Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Danvers and Middleton.

is a town in with a population of about 28,000. A large part of the town used to be called "Salem Village" and was where most of the accusers in the 1692 witch hysteria lived. The trials took place in neighboring .

Town
North Reading is a town of 15,000 in the southern part of the region of . is a town with a population of 10,000. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Danvers State Hospital.

is a town in , United States. The population was 6,569 at the 2020 census. is located in the region of . Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of .

Danvers State Hospital

Latitude
42.58121° or 42° 34′ 52″ north
Longitude
-70.9745° or 70° 58′ 28″ west
Elevation
230 feet (70 metres)
Open location code
87JFH2JG+F5
Geo­Names ID
4934511
Wiki­data ID
Q3015764
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Danvers State Hospital from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Danvers State Hospital” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 丹弗斯精神病院
  • Dutch: Danvers State Hospital
  • French: Danvers State Hospital
  • German: Danvers State Hospital
  • Italian: Danvers State Hospital
  • Japanese: ダンヴァーズ精神病院
  • Japanese: ダンバース精神病院
  • Russian: Государственная больница Данверса
  • Russian: Государственная больница Дэнверса
  • Spanish: Danvers State Hospital

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hathorne and Burleys Corner.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Danvers Fire Department and Knights Inn Danvers.

Massachusetts: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Boston, Cambridge, Springfield, and Worcester.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Danvers State Hospital”. Photo: Dhasson, Public domain.