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HGO-01-001-F-K-1
GUSN-184799
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hospitals (buildings for health facility)
psychiatric hospitals
mental health facilities
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.2080.0110
Northampton (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
People with disabilities
File part
HGO-01-001-F-K-1
Originally operated as the Northampton Insane Asylum, and Lunatic Hospital, the state institution was later named the Northampton State Hospital. The building was constructed in 1856 and opperatted until 1993.
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