Drive to West Building

Relevant Dates: 1933

View of the drive up to the original "asylum," later known as the West Building. Several additions to the structure can be seen, including a classroom wing and fireproof stairwells.

Historic photograph taken in 1933 from General Photographic Collection: Massachusetts: Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s: Massachusetts: Waltham: "Mass School for Feeble-Minded (Fernald)": Thompson and Thompson Images; Courtesy of Historic New England. Contemporary photo by Tom Kirsch, 2019.