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{{infobox institution | {{infobox institution | ||
| name = Paul A Dever State School | | name = Paul A Dever State School | ||
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| opened = 1952 | | opened = 1952 | ||
| closed = 2003 | | closed = 2003 | ||
− | | demolished = | + | | demolished = 2015 |
− | | current_status = [[ | + | | current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] |
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
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| alternate_names =<br> | | alternate_names =<br> | ||
*Dever State School | *Dever State School | ||
− | *Myles Standish | + | *Myles Standish Mental Hospital |
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}} | }} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
− | 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 | + | 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. |
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[[Category:Cottage Plan]] | [[Category:Cottage Plan]] | ||
[[Category:Massachusetts]] | [[Category:Massachusetts]] | ||
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