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List Of Defunct Massachusetts State Mental Facilities
This is a list of defunct state mental hospitals and schools in Massachusetts: State hospitals * Boston State Hospital - demolished; now mixed-use * Danvers State Hospital - demolished due to recurring unexplainable fires in the west wing; its original staging has been repurposed into the building Avalon Bay at Danvers; admittance is no longer allowed; property is owned by Avalon Condominium Company * Foxborough State Hospital - half demolished; condominiums * Gaebler Children's Center - demolished; land labeled as a park * Gardner State Hospital - buildings converted into prison * Grafton State Hospital - demolished, admittance not permitted; owned by the state; MPs patrol frequently; one must work at Job Corps in order to gain admittance * Medfield State Hospital - standing, allowed to walk grounds from dawn till dusk, no admittance in buildings * Metropolitan State Hospital (Massachusetts), Metropolitan State Hospital - mostly demolished for condominiums; one building remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston State Hospital
Boston State Hospital is a historic mental hospital located in Mattapan and Dorchester, Massachusetts. The court case ''Rogers v. Okin'', which increases patient consent rights, was filed by a class action A class action, also known as a class-action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class actio ... lawsuit against the hospital. The hospital was closed in 1979, and has been completely demolished and the site is in the process of being redeveloped. References External links * . (Various documents). Institutionalization in Mattapan. Part II-Boston State Hospital Defunct hospitals in Massachusetts Demolished buildings and structures in Boston Historic sites in Massachusetts Psychiatric hospitals in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-hospital-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |