Medfield State Hospital
45 Hospital Rd.
Medfield, Massachusetts
Medfield State Hospital is located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts certified as a historic location on Friday January 21, 1994. This location is a protected historic place because of historical significance relating to Domestic, Religion, Funerary, Agriculture/Subsistence, Health Care, more specifically a Institutional Housing, Religious Structure, Cemetery, Hospital. Medfield State Hospital was nominated by as a historic location by State Government based on Event, Architecture/Engineering and its significance in Architecture, Health/Medicine, Social History.
Medfield State Hospital Information
Other Name: Massachusetts State Hospitals And State Schools MPSOther Name: Medfield Insane Asylum
Ownership Type: State
Type of Resource: District
Historically Significant Years Associated With This Location: 1892
Level of Governmental Significance: State, Local
Architect, builder, or engineer: Wentworth, William Pitt; Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Restricted Archeological Site: Not Listed as a Restricted Site
Medfield State Hospital Size Data
Acres occupied by this site: 4260Number of historically contributing buildings: 53
Number of historically contributing sites: 11
Number of historically contributing structures: 13
Number of historically contributing objects: 1
Number of noncontributing buildings: 5
Number of noncontributing sites: 0
Number of noncontributing structures: 3
Number of noncontributing objects: 0
Medfield Historic Locations
Norfolk County Historic Locations
Massachusetts Historic Locations