Medfield State Hospital is a historic mental hospital at 45 Hospital Road in Medfield, Massachusetts.
The hospital was built in 1892 and opened in 1899 as Medfield Insane Asylum. At its height it included 58 buildings, on a property of some 3.6 km2 (900 acres), and a capacity of 2,200 patients. It raised its own livestock and produce, and generated its own heat, light and power. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, the property was closed in April 2003 and the buildings shuttered. The grounds have been reopened to the public and are open every day from 6 am to 6 pm. It has been used as a filming location for major motion pictures such as Shutter Island and The Box. As of July 2012, The Clark Building was demolished. A private security company, contracted through the commonwealth, patrols and secures the former asylum.
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