Metropolitan State Mental Hospital

This place is on private property. Listing for informational purposes only. Please do not visit without express permission from the land owner. NO LONGER STANDING The Metropolitan State Hospital was an American public hospital for the mentally ill, located in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts. At one time the hospital was the largest and most modern facility of its type in Massachusetts. The Gaebler Children's Center for mentally ill youths was located on the grounds of the hospital. It was closed in January 1992 as a result of the state's cost-cutting policy of closing its mental hospitals and moving patients into private care.  The Hospital's cemetery still rests on the grounds, maintained by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Gravestones are marked by number and religion, with but a few markings bearing names. In 1978, Metropolitan State patient Anne Marie Davee was murdered by another patient, Melvin W. Wilson.