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| alt = Metropolitan State Hospital | | alt = Metropolitan State Hospital | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
− | | established = | + | | established = 1915 |
| construction_began = 1928 | | construction_began = 1928 | ||
| construction_ended = | | construction_ended = | ||
− | | opened = | + | | opened = |
| closed = 1993 | | closed = 1993 | ||
| demolished = 2006 | | demolished = 2006 | ||
| current_status = [[Demolished Institution|Demolished]] | | current_status = [[Demolished Institution|Demolished]] | ||
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
− | | architect(s) = | + | | architect(s) = |
| location = Waltham, MA | | location = Waltham, MA | ||
− | | architecture_style = | + | | architecture_style = |
| peak_patient_population = 2,200 in the 1960s | | peak_patient_population = 2,200 in the 1960s | ||
| alternate_names = | | alternate_names = | ||
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Finally, in 1927, the State legislature responded by appropriating $1,500,000 for preparation of the Waltham site. The ground breaking ceremony took place on December 27, 1927 at the Administration Building. Cornerstone laying ceremonies were held on October 17, 1928. Construction costs were kept down by the use of the plain red brick buildings of early American colonial type. Trim elements, including pedimented pavilions and quoins, were deleted from the ward buildings. As the first campus developed in the automobile age, Met State did not require immediate adjacency to railroad facilities. As the most recent of the State's institutional treatment centers for the insane Metropolitan State Hospital represented the third and final stage in the evolving form of hospitals for the mentally ill. Like its predecessors, the Kirkbride and cottage/colony, it responded to increases in patient populations within the constraints of a publicly funded budget which both often failed. | Finally, in 1927, the State legislature responded by appropriating $1,500,000 for preparation of the Waltham site. The ground breaking ceremony took place on December 27, 1927 at the Administration Building. Cornerstone laying ceremonies were held on October 17, 1928. Construction costs were kept down by the use of the plain red brick buildings of early American colonial type. Trim elements, including pedimented pavilions and quoins, were deleted from the ward buildings. As the first campus developed in the automobile age, Met State did not require immediate adjacency to railroad facilities. As the most recent of the State's institutional treatment centers for the insane Metropolitan State Hospital represented the third and final stage in the evolving form of hospitals for the mentally ill. Like its predecessors, the Kirkbride and cottage/colony, it responded to increases in patient populations within the constraints of a publicly funded budget which both often failed. | ||
− | + | All buildings were demolished in 2006 with the exception of the Administrative building. It remains standing, close to a condo complex built over the former hospital. | |
== Images of Metropolitan State Hospital == | == Images of Metropolitan State Hospital == |