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{{infobox institution | {{infobox institution | ||
| name = Fairfield State Hospital | | name = Fairfield State Hospital | ||
− | | image = | + | | image = Ctpc011.jpg |
| image_size = 250px | | image_size = 250px | ||
| alt = | | alt = | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| established = June 18, 1929 | | established = June 18, 1929 | ||
− | | construction_began = | + | | construction_began = |
| construction_ended = | | construction_ended = | ||
− | | opened = | + | | opened = 1931 |
− | | closed = | + | | closed = 1995 |
| demolished = | | demolished = | ||
− | | current_status = [[ | + | | current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] |
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
| architect(s) = Walter P. Crabtree, Sr | | architect(s) = Walter P. Crabtree, Sr | ||
− | | location = | + | | location = |
| architecture_style = | | architecture_style = | ||
− | | peak_patient_population = | + | | peak_patient_population = |
− | | alternate_names = | + | | alternate_names = |
− | + | Fairfield Hills Hospital | |
}} | }} | ||
− | Fairfield State Hospital was created due to overcrowding at the other two state hospitals. The | + | Fairfield State Hospital was created due to overcrowding at the other two state hospitals. The building style was Colonial Revival that was so typical in New England. The hospital was designed not to have any dark corners or cubbyholes. The cornerstone was laid for the first building in July 1933. Roughly half of the main buildings were erected in the 1930s and '40s, with the rest of the larger ones completed in the 1950s. The hospital opened and received its first patients from Connecticut Valley Hospital on June 1, 1931. |
== History of the Hospital == | == History of the Hospital == | ||
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File:Fairfield State Hospital LARGE.jpg | File:Fairfield State Hospital LARGE.jpg | ||
File:Fairfield State Hospital LARGE2.jpg | File:Fairfield State Hospital LARGE2.jpg | ||
File:Fairfield Hills CT 07.JPG | File:Fairfield Hills CT 07.JPG | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
*[http://www.fairfieldhills.org/index.html Fairfield Hills Campus - Official Website] | *[http://www.fairfieldhills.org/index.html Fairfield Hills Campus - Official Website] | ||
− | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.fairfieldhills.com/ The Lost Asylum - Fairfield Hills State Hospital] |
+ | *[http://www.gnosticliberationfront.com/working_at_fairfield_state_hospital_later%20fairfield%20hills%20hospital.htm Jerry Haffke Remembrance] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Closed Institution]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Cottage Plan]] | ||
[[Category:Connecticut]] | [[Category:Connecticut]] | ||
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[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]] | [[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]] |