Coldwater State Home

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Coldwater State Home
Opened 1874
Closed 1992
Current Status Closed
Building Style Cottage Plan
Location Coldwater, MI
Alternate Names Coldwater Regional Mental Health Center

State Public School for Orphaned Children
Michigan Children's Village
Coldwater State Home and Training School

Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities



History

The Coldwater Regional Mental Health Center opened in 1874 as the State Public School for Orphaned Children. In 1935 the state established the Michigan Children's Institute in Ann Arbor and it took over the wards and records from the Coldwater facility, which became the Michigan Children's Village, accepting mildly impaired residents. In 1939 it was renamed the Coldwater State Home and Training School and began to accept residents of all ages and levels of developmental impairment. Its name changed to the Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities in 1978. In 1985 the center began to convert to a psychiatric hospital, and in 1986 its name changed to the Coldwater Regional Mental Health Center. It closed in June 1992.

Books

Waiting for Home: The Richard Prangley Story : A True Story of Strength and Survival, by John Schneider