Dammasch State Hospital
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Dammasch State Hospital was a mental hospital, asylum, and educational center located in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. It opened in 1961 and closed in 1995. After its closure, the former site was embroiled in local controversy as it was a proposed location for a women's prison,[1] which angered local residents as the site is less than a mile from residential neighborhoods. The Dammasch building was demolished, and the Villebois housing development occupies its former site.[2]
[edit] See also
- Living Enrichment Center was contiguous to the hospital site and part of the larger development planning area.
[edit] References
- ^ Wentz, Patty. "Jails of our Lives", Willamette Week, July 29, 1998. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
- ^ Zezima, Katie. "NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; Abandoned Hospitals For the Mentally Ill Morph Into Housing", The New York Times, January 15, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
[edit] External links
- Smith Eliot's images of Dammasch State Hospital
- Slide show of Dammasch pictures from the Oregon State Archives
- Dammasch listing on Asylums Page
- John Kloepper's images of Dammasch State Hospital
- Former patient describes his own experience at Dammasch State Hospital
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