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| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] | | current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] | ||
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
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| location = Brandon, VT | | location = Brandon, VT | ||
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Dr. Allen's successor, Dr. Frederick Thorne, supported eugenic measures in the 1940s, expanded the women's colony at Rutland, and enlarged his authority over state programs for mental retardation. He supervised the state psychiatric clinics begun in 1939 and served on the State Board for Control of Mental Defectives. From 1915 until it closed in 1993, Brandon Training School was home to 2,324 Vermonters. | Dr. Allen's successor, Dr. Frederick Thorne, supported eugenic measures in the 1940s, expanded the women's colony at Rutland, and enlarged his authority over state programs for mental retardation. He supervised the state psychiatric clinics begun in 1939 and served on the State Board for Control of Mental Defectives. From 1915 until it closed in 1993, Brandon Training School was home to 2,324 Vermonters. | ||
− | After the closing the State attempted to sell the buildings in one piece. This effort was unsuccessful and the buildings were eventually sold piecemeal. Today the facilities are known as Park Village and all of the buildings except one are occupied by doctors’ offices, daycare facilities, subsidized housing, a music and arts center and other small businesses. | + | After the closing the State attempted to sell the buildings in one piece. This effort was unsuccessful and the buildings were eventually sold piecemeal. Today the facilities are known as Park Village and all of the buildings except one are occupied by doctors’ offices, daycare facilities, subsidized housing, a music and arts center and other small businesses. |
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File:BTS aerial summer view.jpg|Aerial View of BTS in summer | File:BTS aerial summer view.jpg|Aerial View of BTS in summer | ||
File:BTS Aerial Winter View.jpg|Aerial View of BTS in winter | File:BTS Aerial Winter View.jpg|Aerial View of BTS in winter | ||
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Made for the 20th Anniversary of the closing of the Brandon Training School. | Made for the 20th Anniversary of the closing of the Brandon Training School. | ||
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The Dec. 9, 1993 closing ceremony of Brandon Training School, the only institution in Vermont for people with developmental disabilities. | The Dec. 9, 1993 closing ceremony of Brandon Training School, the only institution in Vermont for people with developmental disabilities. | ||
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− | + | Source: State of Vermont, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Developmental Disabilities Services Division | |
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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− | + | Brandon Training School site at the [http://www.ddas.vermont.gov/ddas-projects/bts/brandon-training-school Vermont Division of Disability and Aging Services] | |
[[Category:Vermont]] | [[Category:Vermont]] | ||
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[[Category:Closed Institution]] | [[Category:Closed Institution]] | ||
[[Category:Articles With Videos]] | [[Category:Articles With Videos]] | ||
+ | *https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrandonVT_FormerStateSchool2.jpg Boy Scouts of America , Brandon State School Troop 111 and Post 111 Brandon Town Offices , Neshobe Sportsmans Club | ||
+ | *http://troop111brandon.scoutlander.com/publicsite/unithome.aspx?UID=1250 |