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Belchertown State School
The Belchertown State School for the Feeble-Minded was established in 1922 in Belchertown, Massachusetts. It became known for inhumane conditions and poor treatment of its patients, and became the target of a series of lawsuits prior to its eventual closing in 1992. The building complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Conditions and treatment of patients.
Located at 30 State Street, the campus contains 10 major buildings built in a Colonial Revival style by Kendall, Taylor, and Co.
age 18 and 4.4% of that age 65 or over.
Points of interest.
- Belchertown Fair
- Belchertown Firefighters Museum
- Belchertown Public School System
- Belchertown Skate Park
- Belchertown State School
- Broad Brook Canal
- Clapp Memorial Library (Built in memory of John Francis Clapp in 1887 by two of his brothers. Clapp wished he had more resources for reading as a child and wished future generations of Belchertown residents would be able to have what he did not.)
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