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Norwich State Hospital

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Norwich Hospital District Admin Building (5804251174)
Norwich Hospital District Admin Building (5804251174)

The Norwich State Hospital, originally established as Norwich State Hospital for the Insane and later shortened to Norwich Hospital, was a psychiatric hospital that is located in Preston and Norwich, Connecticut. It opened its doors in October 1904 and it remained operational until October 10, 1996. Throughout its years of operation, it housed geriatric patients, chemically dependent patients and, from 1931 to 1939, tubercular patients. The hospital, which sits on the banks of the Thames River, began with a single building on 100 acres (40 ha) of land and expanded to, at its peak, over thirty buildings and 900 acres (360 ha). A 70-acre (28 ha) property including the hospital was listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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