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* The A and J wings were dubbed the "violent wards" that housed the criminally insane. | * The A and J wings were dubbed the "violent wards" that housed the criminally insane. | ||
* All the wings to the east of the kirkbride housed the females, and to the west, males. | * All the wings to the east of the kirkbride housed the females, and to the west, males. | ||
+ | * Danvers is not the only [[Massachusetts]] state [[mental hospital]] to be struck by [[fire]]. The [[Taunton State Hospital]] also caught fire on March 19, 2006, damaging many of the long-vacant buildings. [[Worcester State Hospital]], a [[Kirkbride Plan]] asylum in [[Worcester, MA]], suffered a catastrophic fire in 1991 that obliterated a sizable amount of the hospital wings. The remaining sections have since been torn down aside from the original administration wing. | ||
+ | * The patient artwork (mainly magazine clippings) were amazingly still glued to the walls of the rooms by the asylum's demolition. | ||
* The A wing was dubbed "the snake pit" | * The A wing was dubbed "the snake pit" | ||
* The "gray gables" held the male and female nurses before new homes for the different genders were built. | * The "gray gables" held the male and female nurses before new homes for the different genders were built. |