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|1=January 29, 2009 [http://www.kptv.com/news/22360349/detail.html Fire destroys building at Fairview Center in Salem, WA.]
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|1=February 7, 2016 [http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/clarinda-struggles-to-fill-former-hospital/article_5a2612fa-10ff-5047-9f59-080d06bf58b7.html Clarinda struggles to fill former hospital]
|2=A cottage at the now closed Fairview Training Center burned to the ground Wednesday. Arson is suspected as the cause.
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|2=The 128-year-old former mental health institute in the small southwest Iowa city of Clarinda isn’t your typical real estate opportunity, and so far no one is rushing to move in. More than seven months after the state closed the Clarinda Mental Health Institute, much of the sprawling building remains empty, including entire floors that haven’t been used in decades.
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|1= December 30, 2009 [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122017757&ft=1&f=1001 WWII Pacifists Exposed Mental Ward Horrors]
 
|2=In September of 1942, Warren Sawyer, a 23-year-old conscientious objector, reported for his volunteer assignment as an attendant at a state mental hospital. The young Quaker was one of thousands of pacifists who had refused to fight and instead were assigned to work in places few outsiders got to see — places like [[Philadelphia State Hospital]], best known as Byberry.
 
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|1= December 3, 2009 [http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_533bcc99-c426-5275-97ad-a0b538164446.html Lawmaker: Iowa mental health center will close]
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|1=February 1, 2016 [http://www.pjstar.com/article/20160201/NEWS/160209955 Efforts continue to preserve other parts of former Peoria State Hospital grounds]
|2=The Legislature will likely move to close one of the state's four mental health institutions despite a task force recommendation to keep them open until a new system of care can be put in place, a state lawmaker said Thursday.
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|2=Christina Morris happily remembers Sunday morning breakfasts with her grandparents, followed by visits to the peaceful cemeteries on the grounds of the Peoria State Hospital, where some family members are buried. “My interest with the state hospital started when I was about 7 years old,” Morris said in a recent interview. “When I would come onto the grounds (my grandfather) would say that this was a place of special people. (By special) I thought he meant giants, because these buildings were so big and beautiful and immaculate to me. I just was enamored by how beautiful it was.
 
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|1= November 22, 2009 [http://www.ericaduvic.com/blog/archives/38 Preserving a Building Type]
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|2=The need for preservation of historic buildings and structures was first illustrated to me by the building pictured above, a massive sprawling structure that was built in 1878 to house the mentally ill.
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|1=January 7, 2016 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sterilization-united-states_568f35f2e4b0c8beacf68713?utm_hp_ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino%2BVoices&section=latino-voices That Time The United States Sterilized 60,000 Of Its Citizens]
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|2=Not too long ago, more than 60,000 people were sterilized in the United States based on eugenic laws. Most of these operations were performed before the 1960s in institutions for the so-called “mentally ill” or “mentally deficient.” In the early 20th century across the country, medical superintendents, legislators, and social reformers affiliated with an emerging eugenics movement joined forces to put sterilization laws on the books.
 
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|1= November 20, 2009 [http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=ACBJ&date=20091120&id=10754462 Richardson refurb gets a state boost]
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|2=A $150,000 grant was approved by ESD’s board of directors to rehabilitate the [[Buffalo State Hospital|H.H. Richardson complex]], specifically the yet-to-be-formed Richardson Buffalo Architectural Center that will exhibit and interpret the significance of Buffalo’s more than 200 years of architecture and urban design. The total cost of that project is pegged at $300,00
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|1=January, 6, 2016 [http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/harrisburg_state_hospital_site.html Pa. hires firm to develop plan for Harrisburg State Hospital site]
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|2= Harrisburg, PA-The state has hired a Lancaster planning company to help it figure out what to do with the former [[Harrisburg State Hospital]], which closed 10 years ago. Since closing in 2006, the hospital complex has housed state workers from the state police, Department of General Services and the Department of Human Services. It is now part of the larger DGS Annex property, which encompasses 303 acres across Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township.
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|1= November 17, 2009 [http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_999c3ffe-d332-11de-8687-001cc4c002e0.html Mental health facilities need to share expertise, group says]
 
|2=Members of a task force charged with reviewing Iowa’s four state-run mental health institutes say those facilities need to do a better job of reaching out and sharing their expertise with local communities.
 
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|1= November 16, 2009 [http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x255187883/Council-postpones-vote-on-sale-of-Norwich-Hospital-property Council postpones vote on sale of Norwich Hospital property]
 
|2=A proposal to vote on the former [[Norwich State Hospital|Norwich Hospital]] property was withdrawn Monday night in order to get a required opinion of the Commission on the City Plan.
 
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|1= November 2, 2009 [http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/all-hospital-rally-110209-cn,0,6713617.story Rally supports keeping Allentown State Hospital open]
 
|2= A bipartisan group of elected officials today joined several dozen workers from [[Allentown State Hospital]] and union officials to demonstrate support to keep the state institution open. [http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/all-hospital-rally-110209-cn,0,6713617.story Click here for more...]
 
 
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February 7, 2016 Clarinda struggles to fill former hospital

The 128-year-old former mental health institute in the small southwest Iowa city of Clarinda isn’t your typical real estate opportunity, and so far no one is rushing to move in. More than seven months after the state closed the Clarinda Mental Health Institute, much of the sprawling building remains empty, including entire floors that haven’t been used in decades.

February 1, 2016 Efforts continue to preserve other parts of former Peoria State Hospital grounds

Christina Morris happily remembers Sunday morning breakfasts with her grandparents, followed by visits to the peaceful cemeteries on the grounds of the Peoria State Hospital, where some family members are buried. “My interest with the state hospital started when I was about 7 years old,” Morris said in a recent interview. “When I would come onto the grounds (my grandfather) would say that this was a place of special people. (By special) I thought he meant giants, because these buildings were so big and beautiful and immaculate to me. I just was enamored by how beautiful it was.”

January 7, 2016 That Time The United States Sterilized 60,000 Of Its Citizens

Not too long ago, more than 60,000 people were sterilized in the United States based on eugenic laws. Most of these operations were performed before the 1960s in institutions for the so-called “mentally ill” or “mentally deficient.” In the early 20th century across the country, medical superintendents, legislators, and social reformers affiliated with an emerging eugenics movement joined forces to put sterilization laws on the books.

January, 6, 2016 Pa. hires firm to develop plan for Harrisburg State Hospital site

Harrisburg, PA-The state has hired a Lancaster planning company to help it figure out what to do with the former Harrisburg State Hospital, which closed 10 years ago. Since closing in 2006, the hospital complex has housed state workers from the state police, Department of General Services and the Department of Human Services. It is now part of the larger DGS Annex property, which encompasses 303 acres across Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township.