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hospitals (buildings for health facility)
psychiatric hospitals
mental health facilities
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0730.0320
Danvers (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Danvers State Hospital
People with disabilities
File part
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The Danvers State Hospital, also known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, The Danvers Lunatic Asylum, and the Danvers State Insane Asylum, was built in 1874, opened in 1878, and closed in 1992.
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