1. The demolition of the McLean Asylum at Somerville: with an account of its original buildings, formerly the country seat of Joseph Barrell Author(s): Porter, Edward G. (Edward Griffin), 1837-1900 Publication: Cambridge [Mass.] : John Wilson and Son, University Press, 1896 Subject(s): Hospitals, Psychiatric -- historyMassachusettsMcLean Asylum for the Insane.