Jay - Originally it was called Westborough Insane Hospital and was opened in 1886. It's on the National Register of Historical Places. Today it's called Westborough State Hospital, and it is a psychiatric hospital. Go to www.google.com and search for "westborough state hospital" and "Westborough insane hospital" Go to this page http://www.1856.org/socialhistory.html for a history of the asylums etc in Massachusetts It's a link from the page dedicated to saving the Northampton, MA asylum buildings. Contact the Massachusetts State Archives to see if they have any records there http://www.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcgen/genidx.htm Happy hunting, Lisa llepore@juno.com On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:40:20 -0500 "Jude Galvin" <jwgalvin@peoplepc.com> writes: > > > Hello... > > > Can anyone tell just what one would be doing in the > Westborough State Hospital in 1920 as an inmate. > Was this a prison, pauper, insane asylum etc? > > Thanks...Jay > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > ####--- Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? ---###### > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com