http://asylumprojects.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Tavares&feedformat=atomAsylum Projects - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T13:53:06ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0http://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Paul_A_Dever_State_School&diff=32925Paul A Dever State School2017-02-02T17:59:43Z<p>Tavares: </p>
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<div>{{infobox institution<br />
| name = Paul A Dever State School<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| established =<br />
| construction_began = 1950<br />
| construction_ended =<br />
| opened = 1952<br />
| closed = 2003<br />
| demolished = 2016<br />
| current_status = [[Demolished]]<br />
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]<br />
| architect(s) = <br />
| location = Taunton, Massachusetts<br />
| architecture_style = <br />
| peak_patient_population = <br />
| alternate_names =<br><br />
*Dever State School<br />
*Myles Standish School for the Mentally Retarded<br />
*Paul A. Dever Developmental Center <br />
}}<br />
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==History==<br />
This campus first started out as a detention camp for military prisoners. It was one of the spots in the United States where WW2 German and Italian P.O.W.'s where held. Later the state needed more space for it's mentally disabled and converted and built buildings on the campus making it into a state hospital. In 2002 the campus was shut down.<br />
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[[Category:Closed Institution]]<br />
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]<br />
[[Category:Massachusetts]]</div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Paul_A_Dever_State_School&diff=32924Paul A Dever State School2017-02-02T17:57:17Z<p>Tavares: </p>
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<div>{{infobox institution<br />
| name = Paul A Dever State School<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| established =<br />
| construction_began = 1950<br />
| construction_ended =<br />
| opened = 1952<br />
| closed = 2003<br />
| demolished = 2015<br />
| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]]<br />
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]<br />
| architect(s) = <br />
| location = Taunton, Massachusetts<br />
| architecture_style = <br />
| peak_patient_population = <br />
| alternate_names =<br><br />
*Dever State School<br />
*Myles Standish Mental Hospital <br />
}}<br />
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==History==<br />
This campus first started out as a detention camp for military prisoners. It was one of the spots in the United States where WW2 German and Italian P.O.W.'s where held. Later the state needed more space for it's mentally disabled and converted and built buildings on the campus making it into a state hospital. In 2002 the campus was shut down.<br />
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[[Category:Closed Institution]]<br />
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]<br />
[[Category:Massachusetts]]</div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Vermont_State_Hospital&diff=31565Vermont State Hospital2016-02-03T20:00:10Z<p>Tavares: /* Images of Vermont State Hospital */</p>
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<div>{{infobox institution<br />
| name = Vermont State Hospital<br />
| image = VermontSH 01.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| alt = Vermont State Hospital<br />
| caption = <br />
| established =<br />
| construction_began = 1890<br />
| construction_ended = <br />
| opened = 1891<br />
| closed = October 20, 2011<br />
| current_status = [[Preserved]]<br />
| building_style = [[Pavilion Plan Institutions|Pavilion Plan]]<br />
| architect(s) = <br />
| location = Waterbury, VT<br />
| architecture_style =<br />
| peak_patient_population = 1,728<br />
| alternate_names =<br><br />
*Waterbury Asylum<br />
*Vermont State Asylum for the Insane<br />
*Vermont State Asylum <br />
}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The Vermont State Hospital for the Insane was built in 1890 in Waterbury, Vermont, in response to overcrowded conditions at the Vermont Asylum for the Insane in Brattleboro (Brattleboro Retreat after 1898), Vermont's first and only facility for the care of the mentally ill. Originally built for "the care, custody, and treatment of insane criminals of the state," the Waterbury State Hospital eventually became the temporary or permanent shelter for Vermonters with mild to severe mental disabilities and others who had been committed for epilepsy, depression, alcoholism, or senility. Throughout its history, methods of patient diagnosis and treatment varied according to the philosophy of the superintendent.<br />
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Image of Eugene A. Stanley Early twentieth century efforts among reformers to reduce the stigma of mental illness and confinement in state hospitals yielded to the pessimism of the eugenics era, which brought back the stigma with a vengeance. It was during these years that Dr. Eugene A. Stanley directed affairs at Waterbury. An advocate of eugenics, Dr. Stanley testified in favor of the sterilization bills in 1927 and 1931, provided the Eugenics Survey access to patient records, and played an influential role as an advisor to the Eugenics Survey. He was a member of the sub-committee on "Care of the the Handicapped" for the Vermont Commission on Country Life.<br />
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Dr. Eugene A. Stanley (1875-1936) was born and raised in New Hampshire and educated at Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery and Jefferson Medical College. He moved to Waterbury, Vermont in 1899, where he served as a health officer and assistant physician at the Vermont State Hospital from 1908 to 1918. He became Vermont State Hospital superintendent in 1918, succeeding Dr. Walter L. Wasson, who had perished in the influenza epidemic . Stanley held that position until his death in 1936.<br />
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During Dr. Stanley's tenure at the Waterbury State Hospital, the patient population grew, peaking at 1,728 during the mid-1930s. In 1931, Stanley convinced the state legislature to construct a new three-story building for the growing number of "acutely disturbed female patients." By today's standards, treatment of patients was primitive, at times barbaric. Typically women in this ward and severe epileptic patients were tied to wooden benches with "camisoles," which secured their arms in back of them. "Hydrotherapy," where patients were immersed in continuous cold water baths or wet packs, and "colonic irrigation" were standard treatments for disruptive patients; eventually electro-shock therapy and drug therapy replaced these treatments.<br />
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More able patients assumed various roles in the work of the institution, including custodial work, maintenance, and tending animals and crops on the institution-run farm in Duxbury. Dr. Stanley also initiated a system of industrial work for patients: assembling clothespins, shoe repair, and crafts such as making chairs, rugs, and baskets. The profits from these enterprises were used for patient entertainment and recreation.<br />
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==Hurricane Irene==<br />
In August 2011, hurricane Irene's flood waters flooded the valley which the closed complex stood. At one point the entire complex was underwater and partially destroyed by the hurricane. After the flood waters receded the campus was deemed unusable. The main complex was saved and has been renovated into the State Offices. The complex reopened in December 2015. <br />
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== Books ==<br />
*''Empty beds: A history of Vermont State Hospital'', by Marsha R Kincheloe <br />
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== Images of Vermont State Hospital ==<br />
{{image gallery|[[Vermont State Hospital Image Gallery|Vermont State Hospital]]}}<br />
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File:12631443 10206105462455880 7512240123148277542 n.jpg<br />
File:Waterbbury, Vermont SH.jpg<br />
File:Waterbury VT.jpg<br />
File:Versh1.jpg<br />
File:VermontSH 01.jpg<br />
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[[Category:Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Demolished Institution]]<br />
[[Category:Pavilion Plan]]<br />
[[Category:Asylum Books]]<br />
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]]</div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Vermont_State_Hospital_Image_Gallery&diff=31564Vermont State Hospital Image Gallery2016-02-03T19:57:25Z<p>Tavares: /* Vintage Photos */</p>
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<div>The following are various images of [[Vermont State Hospital]].<br />
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== Vintage Photos ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Waterbbury, Vermont SH.jpg<br />
File:Waterbury VT.jpg<br />
File:Versh1.jpg<br />
File:VermontSH 01.jpg<br />
File:12631443 10206105462455880 7512240123148277542 n.jpg<br />
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== Postcards ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Waterbury Vermont PC1.JPG<br />
File:Waterbury Vermont PC2.JPG<br />
File:Waterbury Vermont PC3.JPG<br />
File:Waterbury Vermont PC4.JPG<br />
File:Waterbury Vermont PC5.JPG<br />
File:Waterbury Vermont PC6.JPG<br />
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== Maps ==<br />
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File:Waterbury Complex Map.jpg<br />
File:VTstatehosp1899.jpg| ''1899''<br />
File:vermontSH1904.jpg| ''1904''<br />
File:vermontSH1909.jpg| ''1909''<br />
File:vermontSH1919.jpg| ''1919''<br />
File:VTstatehosp1926.jpg| ''1926''<br />
File:VTstatehosp1948.jpg| ''1948''<br />
[[Category:Image Gallery]]<br />
</gallery></div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=File:12631443_10206105462455880_7512240123148277542_n.jpg&diff=31563File:12631443 10206105462455880 7512240123148277542 n.jpg2016-02-03T19:00:54Z<p>Tavares: Vermont State Hospital 1904 & 2016.</p>
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<div>Vermont State Hospital 1904 & 2016.</div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Monson_Developmental_Center&diff=31562Monson Developmental Center2016-02-03T18:58:44Z<p>Tavares: Closed in 2012.</p>
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<div>{{infobox institution<br />
| name = Monson Developmental Center<br />
| image = monson2.png<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| established = 1852<br />
| construction_began = <br />
| construction_ended = <br />
| opened = 1854<br />
| closed = 2012<br />
| demolished =<br />
| current_status = [[Closed]]<br />
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]<br />
| architect(s) = <br />
| location = Monson, MA<br />
| architecture_style = <br />
| peak_patient_population = 1,700 in 1968<br />
| alternate_names =<br><br />
*State Almshouse at Monson<br />
*Monson Sanitarium<br />
*Massachusetts State Hospital for Epileptics<br />
*Monson State Hospital<br />
}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The State Almshouse at Monson, MA provided residence for paupers without settlement [legal residence] in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872. The State Primary School opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continued after its closing until 1895, providing lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offenders. In 1879 there was a total of 443 children, 99 of whom were females between the ages of 5 and 12. Children participated in work-related activities, including sewing, laundry and farming. Studies in school included bible stories, Edward’s 1st-4th Reader, geography, arithmetic, writing, grammar, physiology and history. Discipline was as parental as possible. Children were subsequently adopted, indentured or fostered out of the institution.<br />
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The closing was announced in December 2008 as part of a cost-cutting move and a push by the state to relocate developmentally disabled residents into community-based group homes, intended to mirror home environments more closely. At that time, there were 137 severely disabled residents living there, and 403 employees. The campus was fully closed in June 2012.<br />
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==Images==<br />
{{image gallery|[[Monson Developmental Center Image Gallery|Monson Developmental Center]]}}<br />
<gallery><br />
File:monson3.png<br />
File:monson4.png<br />
File:monson5.png<br />
File:monson6.png<br />
File:monson7.png<br />
</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]<br />
[[Category:Active Institution]]</div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Hanson_Tuberculosis_Hospital&diff=29113Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital2014-11-26T17:58:31Z<p>Tavares: fix</p>
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<div>{{infobox institution<br />
| name = Plymouth County Hospital<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| alt = <br />
| established = 1915<br />
| construction_began = 1916<br />
| opened = 1919<br />
| closed = 1992<br />
| demolished = <br />
| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]]<br />
| building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]]<br />
| architect(s) = <br />
| location = South Hanson, MA<br />
| architecture_style = Mediterranean Revival<br />
| peak_patient_population = <br />
| alternate_names =<br><br />
*Plymouth County Hospital<br />
*Cranberry Specialty Hospital<br />
}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The Plymouth County Hospital opened on May 31, 1919 to function as a sanitarium to treat TB victims from Plymouth County. The name of the facility again changed in 1982 to Cranberry Specialty Hospital when its main focus was changed to providing long-term care to patients stricken with chronic illnesses.<br />
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In 1991, the 60 patients at Cranberry Specialty Hospital were transferred to Middleborough and the old hospital building was abandoned. In 1999, the 56-acre property was sold to the town of Hanson. In 2001, Baran Partners purchased 23 acres and made plans to build townhouses and an assisted living facility, but these plans fell through and the hospital sat abandoned being the victim of three fires in a four year span.<br />
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[[Category:Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Single Building Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Closed Institution]]</div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Hanson_Tuberculosis_Hospital&diff=29112Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital2014-11-26T17:56:28Z<p>Tavares: corrected info</p>
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<div>{{infobox institution<br />
| name = Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| alt = <br />
| established = 1915<br />
| construction_began = 1916<br />
| opened = 1919<br />
| closed = 1992<br />
| demolished = <br />
| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]]<br />
| building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]]<br />
| architect(s) = <br />
| location = South Hanson, MA<br />
| architecture_style = Mediterranean Revival<br />
| peak_patient_population = <br />
| alternate_names =<br><br />
*Plymouth County Hospital<br />
*Cranberry Specialty Hospital<br />
}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The Plymouth County Hospital was built in 1923 to function as a sanitarium to treat TB victims from Boston and Plymouth County. Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital became Plymouth County Hospital when new antibiotics lessened the need for sanitariums. The name of the facility again changed in 1982 to Cranberry Specialty Hospital when its main focus was changed to providing long-term care to patients stricken with chronic illnesses.<br />
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In 1991, the 60 patients at Cranberry Specialty Hospital were transferred to Middleborough and the old hospital building was abandoned. In 1999, the 56-acre property was sold to the city of Hanson. In 2001, Baran Partners purchased 23 acres and made plans to build townhouses and an assisted living facility, but these plans fell through.<br />
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[[Category:Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Single Building Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Closed Institution]]</div>Tavareshttp://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Monson_Developmental_Center&diff=20279Monson Developmental Center2013-01-01T00:48:41Z<p>Tavares: </p>
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<div>{{infobox institution<br />
| name = Monson Developmental Center<br />
| image = monson2.png<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| established = 1852<br />
| construction_began = <br />
| construction_ended = <br />
| opened = 1854<br />
| closed = <br />
| demolished =<br />
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]<br />
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]<br />
| architect(s) = <br />
| location = Monson, MA<br />
| architecture_style = <br />
| peak_patient_population = 1,700 in 1968<br />
| alternate_names =<br><br />
*State Almshouse at Monson<br />
*Monson Sanitarium<br />
*Massachusetts State Hospital for Epileptics<br />
*Monson State Hospital<br />
}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The State Almshouse at Monson, MA provided residence for paupers without settlement [legal residence] in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872. The State Primary School opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continued after its closing until 1895, providing lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offenders. In 1879 there was a total of 443 children, 99 of whom were females between the ages of 5 and 12. Children participated in work-related activities, including sewing, laundry and farming. Studies in school included bible stories, Edward’s 1st-4th Reader, geography, arithmetic, writing, grammar, physiology and history. Discipline was as parental as possible. Children were subsequently adopted, indentured or fostered out of the institution.<br />
<br />
The closing was announced in December 2008 as part of a cost-cutting move and a push by the state to relocate developmentally disabled residents into community-based group homes, intended to mirror home environments more closely. At that time, there were 137 severely disabled residents living there, and 403 employees. The campus was fully closed in June 2012.<br />
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==Images==<br />
{{image gallery|[[Monson Developmental Center Image Gallery|Monson Developmental Center]]}}<br />
<gallery><br />
File:monson3.png<br />
File:monson4.png<br />
File:monson5.png<br />
File:monson6.png<br />
File:monson7.png<br />
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[[Category:Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]<br />
[[Category:Active Institution]]</div>Tavares