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Massachusetts

2017-03-16T01:05:52Z

Jvelmar: /* State Hospitals */

{{infobox state
| Name = Massachusetts
| flag = 750px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png
| flagAlt = Flag of Massachusetts
| seal = 478px-Seal_of_Massachusetts.svg.png
| sealAlt = Seal of Massachusetts
| Motto = Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
| Map = 286px-Map_of_USA_MA.svg.png
| MapAlt =
| Nickname = The Bay State
| Capital = Boston
| LargestCity = Boston
| Total_Area_mile = 10,555
| Total_Area_km = 27,336
| Width_mile = 183
| Width_km = 295
| Length_mile = 113
| Length_km = 182
| total_state_population = 6,745,408 (2014 est)
| total_mh_inpatient_pop =
| year_past_peak_pop =
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| total_number_mental_health_institutions =
| current_number_public_institutions =
| current_number_private_institutions =
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| year_peak_private_mental_hospitals =
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}}

== State Hospitals ==

* [[Bridgewater State Hospital]]
* [[Boston State Hospital]]
* [[Danvers State Hospital]]
* [[Foxboro State Hospital]]
* [[Gaebler Children's Center]]
* [[Gardner State Hospital]]
* [[Grafton State Hospital]]
* [[Massachusetts Mental Health Center]]
* [[Medfield State Hospital]]
* [[Metropolitan State Hospital]]
* [[Northampton State Hospital]]
* [[Pondville State Hospital]]
* [[Rutland Heights State Hospital]]
* [[Taunton State Hospital]]
** [[Lovering Colony State Hospital|Lovering Colony]]
** [[Simeon E Borden (Raynham Farm) Colony]]
* [[Tewksbury State Hospital]]
* [[Westborough State Hospital]]
* [[Worcester State Hospital]]

== State Schools ==

* [[Belchertown State School]]
* [[Fernald State School]]
* [[The Hospital Cottages for Children]]
* [[JT Berry State School]]
* [[Monson Developmental Center]]
* [[Paul A Dever State School]]
* [[Templeton Developmental Center]]
* [[Wrentham State School]]

==Federal Government Institutions==
* [[U.S. Veterans' Hospital No. 44]]

== Sanitariums ==

* [[Attleboro Sanitarium]]
* [[Berkshire Hills Sanitarium]]
* [[Boston Sanatorium]]
* [[Essex County Sanatorium]]
* [[Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital]]
* [[Lakeville State Hospital]]
* [[Middlesex County Sanitarium]]
* [[Middleton Sanitarium]]
* [[North Reading State Sanatorium]]
* [[Westfield State Sanatorium]]
* [[Barnstable County Hospital]]

== Reform Schools ==

* [[Lyman School for Boys]]
* [[Massachusetts Industrial School for Boys]]
* [[Massachusetts Industrial School for Girls]]

== Private Institutions ==

* [[Adams-Nervine Asylum]]
* [[Bournewood Hospital]]
* [[The Cutter Retreat]]
* [[Dr. Bemis' Private Asylum]]
* [[Dr. Channing's Private Asylum]]
* [[Dr. Meade's Asylum]]
* [[Dr. Thompson's Private Asylum]]
* [[Greenwood Institute]]
* [[McLean Hospital]]
* [[Shepherd Brooks Estate]]

==County Asylums==
* [[Plymouth County Hospital]]

[[Category:United States of America]]

Taunton State Hospital

2017-03-16T01:04:47Z

Jvelmar:

{{infobox institution
| name = Taunton State Hospital
| image = Taunton44.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt = Taunton State Hospital
| caption =
| established =
| construction_began = 1851
| construction_ended = 1853
| opened = 1854
| closed =
| demolished =
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]
| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
| architect(s) = Elbridge Boyden
| location =
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population =
| alternate_names =<br>
*Taunton Lunatic Asylum
*State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton
}}

==History==
It took Massachusetts until 1833 to establish its first "lunatic system" located in Worcester. By 1851 it had grown so dangerously overcrowded that the Legislature appropriated $100,000 for the construction of a new hospital. The Legislature appointed a commission to choose the site and oversee its construction. Interestingly, many communities across the state petitioned to have the institutions located in their towns. After a lengthy search the commission chose the City of Taunton who had raised $13,000 to buy a one hundred and fifty-four acre farm situated in the north of town.

The commission's site search was driven by specific criteria, and their vision, when the building and grounds were completed, was to "render it a spot fitted to interest and tranquilize the minds of those who need as well the soothing influences of external nature as the healing remedies of art." It was believed at the time that a bucolic setting of soothing topology would compliment and aid treatment. To that end, the commission settled on the farm in northern Taunton whose more than sixty acre grove, bounded by the river, extended to within a half a mile of the center of town. One advantage of the site was that the river acted as a natural barrier against the encroachments of an increasing town population, so that the institution would not gradually find itself in the heart of a large city.

The commission selected Elbridge Boyden, the most prominent New England architect of the mid-19th century, whose most famous works were Mechanics Hall and Holy Cross College, both in Worcester. He was also well-known outside of New England and was chosen to design and build Antioch College in Ohio. Boyden's specialty was the design of civic and public buildings. He built jails, courthouses, town halls, churches, hotels, banks, post offices and railroad stations all over the United States.

In 1853 the hospital was completed at a cost of $151,742.48. It was constructed in the Georgian style on a monumental scale and is, to this day, an example of classical revival institutional architecture. Boyden's specialty was the use of cast iron as a functional and decorative medium. His command of these materials can be seen in the domes, capitals and cornices that survive today. He situated the hospital "on a gentle eminence, at the extreme northerly part of the farm, being about one mile from town." As originally completed it was a three-storied building of brick with a slate roof. It was surmounted by a dome rising seventy feet above the roof. The dome's cupola offered a "panoramic view of great beauty, embracing the neighboring town, with its many tokens of busy life, several flourishing villages, the numerous ponds and streams with which the surrounding country abounds, and reaching even to the blue hills of Norfolk County."

The building boasted all of the modern conveniences: central heat, running water, sewer and central ventilation. It contained a chapel, kitchen, bakery, laundry, dining rooms, apartments for staff, washrooms, parlors, open-air verandas and "patient" rooms. Some patient rooms were dormitory style and others private. Private rooms were an innovation and reflected the institution's concern for its inhabitants who would now be called "patients" and not "inmates."

Today, while the Mill River still forms a barrier to the eastern boundary of the hospital the remaining 600 acres are now surrounded by the City of Taunton. The city now has 50,000 citizens. Private homes, old and new; businesses, small and large have grown around the hospital including the nationally known Reed and Barton Silver Company. At present the hospital inpatient population is only a fraction of the large number of patients who resided here in the 1940's and 50's. However, the role and vitality of the hospital have not diminished. In the 1990's there were extensive renovations which have provided modern and pleasant living environments for our patients. Taunton State Hospital currently houses 10 wards which provide long term psychiatric care and forensic evaluations for admissions that come primarily from Southeastern Massachusetts. Support is also provided to two youth service units and two adolescent wards. The hospital is a Joint Commission approved facility that serves as an intern site for Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry as well as a training site for nursing, psychology, occupational therapy and social work students. The current Chief Operating Officer is Katherine Chmiel, while the Clinical Director is Rogelio Bayog, M.D.<ref>History written by Joe Langlois</ref>

In 1999 the large dome crowning the admin collapsed into the building. And on March 19, 2006 a huge fire gutted what was left of the administration. The burned out administration section remained until in 2009 Massachusetts demolished what remained of the kirkbride.

In 2012 Massachusetts announced that Taunton State Hospital would be closing. This announcement has resulted in much protest from the local and metal health community, and has so far been halted.

== Images of Taunton State Hospital ==
{{image gallery|[[Taunton State Hospital Image Gallery|Taunton State Hospital]]}}

<gallery>
File:Taunton2.jpg
File:Taunton3.png
</gallery>

==Videos==
* Video from Kirkbrides HD ~ http://www.vimeo.com/channels/KirkbridesHD

* http://www.vimeo.com/kirkbrideshd/taunton

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==References==
<references/>

== Links ==

*[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/taunton/ Taunton @ Kirkbride Buildings]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/taunton_ma/index.html Taunton @ Historic Asylums]
*[http://arch.thomas-industriesinc.com/Kirkbride_Gallery_HospitalY.htm Taunton Aerial Photos]
*[http://www.capecodfd.com/PAGES%20Special/Taunton%20GA%20Fire%20031906%20P1.htm Photos from the 2006 fire]
*[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=ma/ma1300/ma1354/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Taunton%20State%20Hospital,%20Danforth%20Street,%20Taunton,%20Bristol%20County,%20MA&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_TMCw::@@@mdb=hh,gottscho,cic,dag,papr,alad,fawbib,vv,wpapos,qlt,detr,varstg,awh,awhbib Historic American Building Photos]

[[Category:Active Institution]]
[[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]]
[[Category:Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Articles With Videos]]
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]]

Fernald State School

2011-02-15T21:18:45Z

Jvelmar:

{{infobox institution
| name = Fernald State School
| image = Fernald01.png
| image_size = 250px
| alt = Fernald State School
| caption =
| established =
| construction_began = 1848
| construction_ended =
| opened =
| closed =
| demolished =
| current_status = In use
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]
| architect(s) =
| location =
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population =
| alternate_names =<br>
*School for the Feeble Minded
*Massachusetts School for Idiotic Children
*Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded
}}

==History==
Social reformer Samuel Gridley Howe founded the school in 1848 with a $2,500 appropriation from the Legislature. Records of Dr. Howe and the beginnings of mental retardation services in the United States reside in Fernald’s Howe Library. Under its first resident superintendent, Walter E. Fernald (1887-1924), the school became a model educational facility in the field of mental retardation. In 1925, the Legislature passed a bill officially naming the school the Walter E. Fernald State School. In it's later years it became involved with various experiments that came to light in the 1990's where doctors at the hospital were conducting radiation experiments on the patients living there. It is slowly closing due to an ever decreasing patient population.

The Walter E. Fernald State School, the oldest institution for the retarded in the country, began operation in Massachusetts in 1848 as the Experimental School for Teaching and Training Idiotic Children.

Prior to the establishment of the school, the governor had appointed three Commissioners of Idiocy to inquire on the "condition of idiots in the commonwealth and if anything can be done for them" (Resolves 1846, c 117). The commission's report, written by Samuel G. Howe of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind led to an experimental school being funded for three years by the state (Resolves 1848, c 65) and administered by the trustees of the Perkins Institution. The legislature incorporated it as the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded? Youth in 1850 (St 1850, c 150).

Resolves 1855, c 58 appropriated funds for a permanent facility, a site for which was found in South Boston. From 1863 the school was under the supervision successively of the Board of State Charities (1863-1879), the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (1879-1886), and the State Board of Lunacy and Charity (1886-1898), to whom it made quarterly census reports. By St 1898, c 433, s 9 it was placed within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Insanity.

The name of the school was changed to the Massachusetts School for the Feeble- Minded by St 1883, c 239, which provided that pupils were to be supported by quarterly payments from their place of settlement (in turn reimbursed by the state), expenses of those who had no place of settlement were to be paid by the state, commitments were to be made through probate or municipal court, trustees could receive or discharge students at their discretion, and that there be established as a separate department of the school an asylum for those who were beyond school age or not capable of being helped by the school's instruction. St 1886, c 298 further provided that indigent persons designated by the governor and special pupils from other states could be received, persons applying for the commitment of others must first notify the appropriate mayor or selectmen, trustees were to make an annual report to the state Board of Education, and the State Board of Lunacy and Charity could transfer a person from one of its institutions to the school.

By 1887 the school needed to expand and consequently Resolves 1887, c 64 and Resolves 1888, c 82 provided funds for the construction of a facility in Waltham. Occupation of the Waltham site began in 1890 and the South Boston facility was closed in 1892. Throughout the 1890s the legislature continued to appropriate money for the purchase of land surrounding the school and the construction of additional buildings.

To counter problems with students sent by their communities who were either delinquent, violent, or insane, St 1906, c 309 provided that anyone incapable of further instruction at the school could be sent to another institution if adjudged other than feeble-minded by the courts. St 1906, c 508 increased the number of trustees appointed by the governor to seven, two of whom could be women, and the trustees were to appoint a superintendent who was to be a medical doctor and to reside at the school and also assistant physicians, one of whom was required to be a woman. The trustees were to visit the school at least once a month and report on conditions there.

The responsibility for supporting the students at the school was removed from the communities in 1908, with the Commonwealth being liable for their board, care, and treatment (St 1908, c 629). In 1909 a recodification of laws relating to insane persons provided for twelve trustees for the school, six of whom were to be appointed by the governor. It also allowed for voluntary admission on application by a parent or guardian with medical certification, in addition to customary commitment by the courts (St 1909, c 504, ss 59-65).

Early in 1915 the State Board of Insanity urged the school to start outpatient work, which in fact it had already begun. Clinics were started in Worcester, Fall River, and Haverhill, with the hope that the advice and help given in the communities through these clinics would save the Commonwealth some of the expense of institutional care. By 1921 the school was one of several state institutions operating traveling clinics to diagnose children in accordance with the provisions of St 1919, c 277, which required school committees to provide special education to mentally retarded pupils within the public school system.

On the abolition of the State Board of Insanity in 1916, the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded? came successively under the jurisdiction of the Commission on Mental Diseases (St 1916, c 285), the Department of Mental Diseases (St 1919, c 350, ss 79-80), and the Department of Mental Health (St 1938, c 486). In 1925, a year after the death of long-time superintendent Walter E. Fernald, the legislature renamed the institution the Walter E. Fernald State School (St 1925, c 293).

The 1960s brought two changes of note the school. In 1963 a work program was established (St 1963, c 394) in which certain students, known as patient trainees, were chosen at the discretion of the superintendent and paid for work performed at the school. In 1966 legislation provided for a comprehensive program of mental health and mental retardation services (St 1966, c 735) under the Department of Mental Health. Section 14 of the act stated that trustees of the Fernald School and those of similar state institutions were to establish and maintain, subject to appropriation, research and demonstration projects in vocational rehabilitation in cooperation with the federal vocational rehabilitation program.

One result of federal-state cooperation was the creation of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at the Fernald School. The Shriver Center was built with matching state and federal funds as detailed in Public Law 88-164. The Shriver Center includes a Community Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, which provides training for people working with the retarded, in areas such as biochemistry, genetics, and occupational therapy, and is associated with several local institutions of higher education. There is also a Research and Special Services Building, which was one of twelve research centers created in the nation by PL 88-164. The research building, in addition to its research activities, has been designated as a state-wide resource for the retarded.

The mental health and mental retardation services in Massachusetts were reorganized in 1986. A Department of Mental Retardation was created (St 1986, c 599), which supervises and controls all public facilities for the retarded including the Fernald School and is currently under the jurisdiction of the Executive Office of Human Services.<ref>From the state archives</ref>

===Christmas in Purgatory===

It has been speculated that this school was one of the schools showcased in the expose book ''Christmas in Purgatory'' by Burton Blatt and Fred Kaplan. Burton Blatt never publicly announced what the other four schools in the book were. He said that he would rather the pictures in the book be looked as current conditions in every state school instead of a select few in the North East.

== Images of Fernald State School ==

<gallery>
File:Fernald02.png
File:Fernald.jpg
</gallery>

==Books==
*''The State Boys Rebellion'', by Michael D'Antonio

==References==
<references/>

==Links==
*[http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/0103/0103ft2.html http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/0103/0103ft2.html]

[[Category:Closed Institution]]
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]
[[Category:Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Asylum Books]]

Massachusetts

2010-09-22T06:48:55Z

Jvelmar:

{{infobox state
| Name = Massachusetts
| flag = 750px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png
| flagAlt = Flag of Massachusetts
| seal = 478px-Seal_of_Massachusetts.svg.png
| sealAlt = Seal of Massachusetts
| Motto = Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
| Map = 286px-Map_of_USA_MA.svg.png
| MapAlt =
| Nickname = The Bay State
| Capital = Boston
| LargestCity = Boston
| Total_Area_mile = 10,555
| Total_Area_km = 27,336
| Width_mile = 183
| Width_km = 295
| Length_mile = 113
| Length_km = 182
| total_state_population = 6,593,587 (2009 est.)
| total_mh_inpatient_pop =
| year_past_peak_pop =
| past_mh_inpatient_pop =
| total_number_mental_health_institutions =
| current_number_public_institutions =
| current_number_private_institutions =
| year_peak_mh_institutions =
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| year_peak_state_hospitals =
| peak_state_hospitals =
| year_peak_state_schools =
| peak_state_schools =
| year_peak_private_mental_hospitals =
| peak_private_mental_hospitals =
}}

== State Hospitals ==

* [[Bridgewater State Hospital]]
* [[Boston State Hospital]]
* [[Danvers State Hospital]]
* [[Foxboro State Hospital]]
* [[Gaebler Children's Center]]
* [[Gardner State Hospital]]
* [[Grafton State Hospital]]
* [[Medfield State Hospital]]
* [[Metropolitan State Hospital]]
* [[Northampton State Hospital]]
* [[Pondville State Hospital]]
* [[Rutland Heights State Hospital]]
* [[Taunton State Hospital]]
** [[Lovering Colony State Hospital|Lovering Colony]]
** [[Simeon E Borden Colony]]
** [[Raynham Farm Colony]]
* [[Tewksbury State Hospital]]
* [[Westborough State Hospital]]
* [[Worcester State Hospital]]

== State Schools ==

* [[Belchertown State School]]
* [[Fernald State School]]
* JT Berry State School
* Monson Developmental Center
* [[Paul A Dever State School]]
* Templeton Developmental Center
* Wrentham State School

== Sanitariums ==

* [[Attleboro Sanitarium]]
* Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
* [[Lakeville State Hospital]]
* [[Middlesex County Sanitarium]]
* Middleton Sanitarium

== Reform Schools ==

* Lyman School for Boys

== Private Institutions ==

* [[Adams-Nervine Asylum]]
* [[Massachusetts Mental Health Center]]
* [[McLean Hospital]]
* Shepherd Brooks Estate

[[Category:United States of America]]

Bridgewater State Hospital Image Gallery

2010-03-21T22:22:25Z

Jvelmar: /* Historical Images */

The following are various images of [[Bridgewater State Hospital]].

== Historical Images ==
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File:Bridgewater2.jpg
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File:IMG 3585b-sm.JPG
File:IMG 3582b-sm.JPG
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</gallery>

[[Category:Image Gallery]]

File:IMG 3581b-sm.JPG

2010-03-21T22:18:07Z

Jvelmar: Bridgewater State Hospital (2009)

Bridgewater State Hospital (2009)

File:IMG 3580b-sm.JPG

2010-03-21T22:17:34Z

Jvelmar: Bridgewater State Hospital (2009)

Bridgewater State Hospital (2009)

Bridgewater State Hospital Image Gallery

2010-03-21T22:08:21Z

Jvelmar: /* Historical Images */

File:Statefarm2.jpg

2010-03-21T22:07:54Z

Jvelmar: 1971 Aerial Photograph of the "State Farm" at Bridgewater, MA

1971 Aerial Photograph of the "State Farm" at Bridgewater, MA

Lovering Colony State Hospital

2010-03-21T20:59:50Z

Jvelmar:

{{infobox institution
| name = Lovering Colony State Hospital
| image = Lovering1971b.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt =
| caption =
| established =
| construction_began = 1912
| construction_ended = 1914
| opened = 1914
| closed = 1974
| demolished = 1974
| current_status = Demolished
| building_style =
| architect(s) =
| location = 45 Davis St, Taunton, MA, USA
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population = 100
| alternate_names =
William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital
Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital
William C Lovering Colony for Women
}}
Two miles from the main campus of [[Taunton State Hospital]], work began in 1912 and completed in 1914 on Davis St in Taunton. The female only satellite campus was to be known as William C Lovering Colony. Consisting of three buildings, the colony housed 100 patients.

Taunton State Hospital did have at least three "colonies" according to local historian, including Lovering, "Simeon Borden Colony", and a Raynham Farm Colony.

==Excerpt==
"Public Document No. 22"

SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL

YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1914

During the year the group of buildings intended for women alone on Davis Street which is now known as the William C Lovering colony has been completed and is proving satisfactory in every way. It provides for 100 patients.

The group of buildings at the William C. Lovering colony for women, on Davis Street, were finished and occupied during the early summer. The Lovering colony provides for 100 women patients

==Images==
<gallery>
File:Lovering1971b.jpg
File:Lovering main gate.jpg
File:Lovering side gate.JPG
</gallery>

[[Category:Massachusetts]]

File:Lovering1971b.jpg

2010-03-21T20:56:53Z

Jvelmar: 1971 Aerial Photograph of "William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital"

1971 Aerial Photograph of "William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital"

File:Lovering main gate.jpg

2010-03-21T20:55:52Z

Jvelmar: uploaded a new version of "File:Lovering main gate.jpg": 2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at "William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital" Photo by Jonathan Marvel

2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

File:Lovering side gate.JPG

2010-03-21T20:46:33Z

Jvelmar: uploaded a new version of "File:Lovering side gate.JPG": 2010 Photograph of the Side Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

2010 Photograph of the Side Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

File:Lovering side gate.JPG

2010-03-21T20:11:36Z

Jvelmar: 2010 Photograph of the Side Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

2010 Photograph of the Side Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

File:Lovering main gate.jpg

2010-03-21T20:10:07Z

Jvelmar: 2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

Lovering Colony State Hospital

2010-03-21T20:03:29Z

Jvelmar:

{{infobox institution
| name = Lovering Colony State Hospital
| image = Lovering1971.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt =
| caption =
| established =
| construction_began = 1912
| construction_ended = 1914
| opened = 1914
| closed = 1974
| demolished = 1974
| current_status = Demolished
| building_style =
| architect(s) =
| location = 45 Davis St, Taunton, MA, USA
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population = 100
| alternate_names =
William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital
Lovering Colony State Hospital
Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital
William C Lovering Colony for Women
}}

'''William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital'''

aka Lovering Colony State Hospital

aka Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

aka William C Lovering Colony for Women

Two miles from the main campus of [[Taunton State Hospital]], work began in 1912 and completed in 1914 on Davis St in Taunton. The female only satellite campus was to be known as William C Lovering Colony. Consisting of three buildings, the colony housed 100 patients.

Taunton State Hospital did have at least three "colonies" according to local historian, including Lovering, "Simeon Borden Colony", and a Raynham Farm Colony.

==Excerpt==
"Public Document No. 22"

SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL

YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1914

During the year the group of buildings intended for women alone on Davis Street which is now known as the William C Lovering colony has been completed and is proving satisfactory in every way. It provides for 100 patients.

The group of buildings at the William C. Lovering colony for women, on Davis Street, were finished and occupied during the early summer. The Lovering colony provides for 100 women patients

==Images==
<gallery>
File:Lovering1971.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Massachusetts]]

Lovering Colony State Hospital

2010-03-21T15:37:26Z

Jvelmar: Undo revision 4735 by Jvelmar (Talk)

'''William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital'''

aka Lovering Colony State Hospital

aka Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

aka William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

Still more to be found, but the Lovering Colony was a satellite of Taunton State Hospital intended strictly for women. Located at 45 Davis Street, Taunton, MA, the buildings were completed in 1914 only 2 miles from the main campus.

Taunton State Hospital did have at least three "colonies" according to local historian, including Lovering, "Simeon Borden Colony", and a Raynham Farm Colony.

----
Excerpt from "Public Document No. 22"

SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL

YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1914

During the year the group of buildings intended for women alone on Davis Street which is now known as the William C Lovering colony has been completed and is proving satisfactory in every way. It provides for 100 patients.

Lovering Colony State Hospital

2010-03-21T15:37:08Z

Jvelmar: Undo revision 4736 by Jvelmar (Talk)

=William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital=

aka Lovering Colony State Hospital

aka Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

aka William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

Still more to be found, but the Lovering Colony was a satellite of Taunton State Hospital intended strictly for women. Located at 45 Davis Street, Taunton, MA, the buildings were completed in 1914 only 2 miles from the main campus.

Taunton State Hospital did have at least three "colonies" according to local historian, including Lovering, "Simeon Borden Colony", and a Raynham Farm Colony.

----
Excerpt from "Public Document No. 22"

SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL

YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1914

During the year the group of buildings intended for women alone on Davis Street which is now known as the William C Lovering colony has been completed and is proving satisfactory in every way. It provides for 100 patients.
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Lovering Colony State Hospital

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Lovering Colony State Hospital

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File:Lovering Side Gate.JPG

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Jvelmar: 2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

Photo by Jonathan Marvel

File:Lovering Main Gate.jpg

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Jvelmar: 2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital Photo by Jonathan Marvel

2010 Photograph of the Main Gate at William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

Photo by Jonathan Marvel

File:Lovering1971.jpg

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Jvelmar: 1971 Aerial Photograph of William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

1971 Aerial Photograph of William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

Massachusetts

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== State Hospitals ==

* [[Bridgewater State Hospital]]
* [[Boston State Hospital]]
* [[Danvers State Hospital]]
* [[Foxboro State Hospital]]
* [[Gaebler Childrens Center]]
* [[Gardner State Hospital]]
* [[Grafton State Hospital]]
* [[Massachusetts Mental Health Center]]
* [[Medfield State Hospital]]
* [[Metropolitan State Hospital]]
* [[Northampton State Hospital]]
* [[Pondville State Hospital]]
* [[Rutland Heights State Hospital]]
* [[Taunton State Hospital]]
** [[Lovering Colony State Hospital|Lovering Colony]]
** [[Simeon E Borden Colony]]
** [[Raynham Farm Colony]]
* [[Tewksbury State Hospital]]
* [[Westborough State Hospital]]
* [[Worcester State Hospital]]

== State Schools ==

* [[Belchertown State School]]
* [[Fernald State School]]
* JT Berry State School
* Monson Developmental Center
* [[Paul A Dever State School]]
* Templeton Developmental Center
* Wrentham State School

== Sanitariums ==

* [[Attleboro Sanitarium]]
* Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
* [[Lakeville State Hospital]]
* [[Middlesex County Sanitarium]]
* Middleton Sanitarium?

== Reform Schools ==

* Lyman School for Boys

== Private Institutions ==

* [[Adams-Nervine Asylum]]
* [[McLean Hospital]]
* Shepherd Brooks Estate

[[Category:United States of America]]

Massachusetts

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Jvelmar: /* State Hospitals */

== State Hospitals ==

* [[Bridgewater State Hospital]]
* [[Boston State Hospital]]
* [[Danvers State Hospital]]
* [[Foxboro State Hospital]]
* [[Gaebler Childrens Center]]
* [[Gardner State Hospital]]
* [[Grafton State Hospital]]
* [[Massachusetts Mental Health Center]]
* [[Medfield State Hospital]]
* [[Metropolitan State Hospital]]
* [[Northampton State Hospital]]
* [[Pondville State Hospital]]
* [[Rutland Heights State Hospital]]
* [[Taunton State Hospital]]
** [[Lovering Colony]]
** [[Simeon E Borden Colony]]
** [[Raynham Farm Colony]]
* [[Tewksbury State Hospital]]
* [[Westborough State Hospital]]
* [[Worcester State Hospital]]

== State Schools ==

* [[Belchertown State School]]
* [[Fernald State School]]
* JT Berry State School
* Monson Developmental Center
* [[Paul A Dever State School]]
* Templeton Developmental Center
* Wrentham State School

== Sanitariums ==

* [[Attleboro Sanitarium]]
* Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
* [[Lakeville State Hospital]]
* [[Middlesex County Sanitarium]]
* Middleton Sanitarium?

== Reform Schools ==

* Lyman School for Boys

== Private Institutions ==

* [[Adams-Nervine Asylum]]
* [[McLean Hospital]]
* Shepherd Brooks Estate

[[Category:United States of America]]

Lovering Colony State Hospital

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Lovering Colony State Hospital

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'''William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital'''

aka Lovering Colony State Hospital

aka Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

aka William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

Still more to be found, but the Lovering Colony was a satellite of Taunton State Hospital intended strictly for women. Located at 45 Davis Street, Taunton, MA, the buildings were completed in 1914 only 2 miles from the main campus.

Taunton State Hospital did have at least three "colonies" according to local historian, including Lovering, "Simeon Borden Colony", and a Raynham Farm Colony.

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Excerpt from "Public Document No. 22"
SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL
YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1914

During the year the group of buildings intended for women alone on Davis Street which is now known as the William C Lovering colony has been completed and is proving satisfactory in every way It provides for 100 patients.

Lovering Colony State Hospital

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Jvelmar: Created page with ''''William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital''' aka Lovering Colony State Hospital aka Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital aka William C Lovering Colony of T…'

'''William Croade Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital'''
aka Lovering Colony State Hospital
aka Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital
aka William C Lovering Colony of Taunton State Hospital

Still more to be found, but the Lovering Colony was a satellite of Taunton State Hospital intended strictly for women. Located at 45 Davis Street, Taunton, MA, the buildings were completed in 1914 only 2 miles from the main campus.

Taunton State Hospital did have at least three "colonies" according to local historian, including Lovering, "Simeon Borden Colony", and a Raynham Farm Colony.

Excerpt from "Public Document No. 22"
SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL
YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1914

During the year the group of buildings intended for women alone on Davis Street which is now known as the William C Lovering colony has been completed and is proving satisfactory in every way It provides for 100 patients.

Massachusetts

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Jvelmar: /* State Hospitals */

== State Hospitals ==

* [[Bridgewater State Hospital]]
* [[Boston State Hospital]]
* [[Danvers State Hospital]]
* [[Foxboro State Hospital]]
* [[Gaebler Childrens Center]]
* [[Gardner State Hospital]]
* [[Grafton State Hospital]]
* [[Lovering Colony State Hospital]]
* [[Massachusetts Mental Health Center]]
* [[Medfield State Hospital]]
* [[Metropolitan State Hospital]]
* [[Northampton State Hospital]]
* [[Pondville State Hospital]]
* [[Rutland Heights State Hospital]]
* [[Taunton State Hospital]]
* [[Tewksbury State Hospital]]
* [[Westborough State Hospital]]
* [[Worcester State Hospital]]

== State Schools ==

* [[Belchertown State School]]
* [[Fernald State School]]
* JT Berry State School
* Monson Developmental Center
* [[Paul A Dever State School]]
* Templeton Developmental Center
* Wrentham State School

== Sanitariums ==

* [[Attleboro Sanitarium]]
* Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
* [[Lakeville State Hospital]]
* [[Middlesex County Sanitarium]]
* Middleton Sanitarium?

== Reform Schools ==

* Lyman School for Boys

== Private Institutions ==

* [[Adams-Nervine Asylum]]
* [[McLean Hospital]]
* Shepherd Brooks Estate

[[Category:United States of America]]