Hello,   I don't have the best of memories,  but I don't remember a "Lowell State Hospital" being mentioned before.     The one which is only 5-7 miles from the Lowell line is the "Tewksbury State Hospital."     But,  I looked on-line,  and found this old hospital mentioned:   http://libweb.uml.edu/clh/Patient.htm   And, just a reminder about all the information about the City of Lowell is available there:   http://libweb.uml.edu/clh/   When I searched on-line,  I didn't really find a "Lowell State Hospital" mentioned.    But, this site comes up which mentions  "haunted places" in MA.     I just looked at the places in Lowell, and it is interesting, especially one comment.      It mentions that there used to be an "old miltary hospital which had been sunk in the ground."   http://theshadowlands.net/places/massachusetts.htm   And, one reminder is that the Town of Lowell was annexed off of the Town of Chelmsford in 1826 (?).    So, the major part of the City of Lowell was once part of Chelmsford, inc. 1655.    And, part of it annexed off of Dracut, I believe.    And there are mills in Chelmsford,  and one is mentioned in that site as being haunted.   I just checked, and there is one section of Billerica High School which is reported to be haunted.    And, I know from my own hearing of the stories that the historic  Dudley Road is haunted.      Back in the old days,  Dudley Rd. was a horseshoe-shaped road that started in Billerica and went around and came out in Bedford - and concidentally there were horse farms there.     (And, Bedford annexed off of Billerica in 1730's.)   Betty                (near Lowell, MA)     (FYI:    Both a List and a Board for  "New England Research" now)