30 State St., Belchertown, Massachusetts. County/parish: Hampshire.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 19, 1994. NRIS 94000688.
57 contributing buildings. 9 contributing sites. 10 contributing structures.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790373