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*[http://www.madpride.org/VFC10GaeblerHellandBack.htm A moving testimony/report on the hospital.]
 
*[http://www.madpride.org/VFC10GaeblerHellandBack.htm A moving testimony/report on the hospital.]
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*March 03, 2010 - [[Council panel backs funding to demolish Gaebler Childrens Center]]
  
 
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Revision as of 16:00, 17 April 2010

Gaebler Childrens Center
Construction Began 1955
Current Status Closed
Building Style Single Building
Alternate Names Gaebler State Hospital, Gaebler Children's Psychiatric Unit



In 1945 it was noted that in a Governor's report that there were children ages 7, 9, 10 amung the patient population at Metropolitan State Hospital. It was decided that a special unit would be created to house these young patients. It ran until it was closed in 1992.