Westborough State Hospital
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Westborough State Hospital | |
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A shuttered building at Westborough State Hospital | |
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| Location | Westborough, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°18′4″N 71°36′37″W / 42.30111°N 71.61028°WCoordinates: 42°18′4″N 71°36′37″W / 42.30111°N 71.61028°W |
| Built | 1848 |
| Architect | Elias Carter; Kendall, Taylor & Stevens |
| Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman |
| Governing body | State |
| MPS | Massachusetts State Hospitals And State Schools MPS |
| NRHP Reference # |
93001488 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 1994 |
Westborough State Hospital or "Westborough Insane Hospital" is a historic hospital along Lyman Street, north of Chauncy Lake and junction of Milk Street and MA Route 9 Westborough, Massachusetts, which sat on more than 600 acres (240 ha).
The hospital was built in 1884 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The hospital was closed in 2010, in anticipation of a new Worcester State Hospital opening in 2012. The 10 bed Deaf Unit, The 2 Adolescent Units and the Intensive Residential Treatment Program (one step below State Hospital Level) programs were closed by June 2010.[2]
The pioneering African-American psychiatrist Solomon Carter Fuller spent the majority of his career practicing at the hospital. While there, he performed his ground-breaking research on the physical changes to the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
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- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ Hammel, Lee (2010-04-11). "Westboro State Hospital set to close". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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