is this the hospital building, or at least a part of it? if so the architecture was very nice and the building should be restored to some other usage

Thats the admirstrations build nearly unaccessable. HELL even the access tunnel entrences and i mean the tunnel though which water and power used to come in though is boarded up.

*nods* the clock tower is very beautifull

Probably because that clock tower alone would be very interesting to tour!!

Well also it has patient records and other keys which would make it easyer to go around old palces like this never destory things that today have to be.

It is a beautiful building. I'd imagine there's not a good many left like that.

Turrent, can you tell me anything about the construction of it? Materials, year built, etc?

For the most part the exterior is solid stone and brick very old style of build along with the hall design and set up i'd call about 1800 early 1900. The place even though most of it is gone is a large maze intended to keep patients from finding exits. The floors are made of a solid wood which for the most part is still solid and hard though very dry and possibly prone to fire. A few spots here and there are water damaged to the point the floor and ceilings gave way. Oddly enough the attic of the building has a solid concrete floor.

Interesting. Especially the bit about the attic having a concrete floor. May have been added later, perhaps.

Certainly has a Victorian look to it, in any case. I'd be willing to bet the stone is native. Probably some variety of sandstone.

Well mass and CT have large quaries for diffent types of stone so no doubt the stone is somewhat local to new england

Actually, the style is a variant on Richardsonian Romanesque with gothic revival accents. It's a common style throughout the Eastern US. I'd guess more in the range of 1870- perhaps 1880-1885 at the latest. These styles were very popular for state hospitals, prisons, and armories during the era, and can be found from time to time in residential architecture of the period as well. There are excellent examples as far south as Louisville, in Kentucky, of the style.

an unbelievably beautiful

I love how "MIGHTY" the style looks.

It just looks strong, but still graceful.