The first insane hospital in the United States was in this house
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Title
The first insane hospital in the United States was in this house
Subject
Historic buildings - Massachusetts - Uxbridge (Mass.) Mental Illness - Massachusetts - Uxbridge (Mass.)
Description
Federal style home built in 1731 by the Willard family. Dr Willard owned and operated an insane hospital here and also trained future doctors. Located on the east side of the common. Decorated for Old Home Week 1908. No longer standing.
Source
6 by 8 inch sepia toned mounted photograph
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
circa 1908
Rights
Permission to use images must be obtained in writing to the Uxbridge Free Public Library Archives at byoungsma@cwmars.org
Relation
Part of the special collections of the Uxbridge Free Public Library Archives
Format
Image/jpg
Language
en-US
Type
Image
Coverage
42° 4′ 38″ N, 71° 37′ 48″ W
Files
Collection
Citation
“The first insane hospital in the United States was in this house,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 24, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1399.
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