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Fairfield State Hospital (as it was known from 1929 to 1963) or Fairfield Hills Hospital (as it was known after 1963)〔(Connecticut State Library )〕 was a psychiatric hospital in Newtown, Connecticut, which operated from 1931 until 1995. At its peak, the hospital housed over 4,000 patients. The entire facility was owned and operated by the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health. The facility still stands, just southeast of the center of Newtown. ==History== Fairfield State Hospital was created due to overcrowding at the other two state hospitals. Walter P. Crabtree, Sr., designed the campus-like facility. Dedicated to a common development theme, the institutional buildings were of a modified colonial style, built of red brick and attractively accented. On June 10, 1931, the cornerstone was laid for the Fairfield State Hospital (renamed to Fairfield Hills Hospital in 1963 per P.A. 278). The campus was constructed largely fireproof throughout. Some later constructed buildings were built during the 1940s and 1950s. The hospital contained 16 buildings on , plus another of land around them. The acreage consisted of large farm meadows and a forest. A circular network of roads connected the buildings. The hospital opened and received its first patients on June 1, 1933,〔 from Connecticut Valley Hospital. There were initially less than 500 patients, and only 3 doctors. By the late 1960s Fairfield Hills housed more than 4,000 patients, 20 doctors, 50 nurses, and 100 assorted other employees. On December 8, 1995 the facility was closed and patients were transferred to the Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut.〔 The records from Fairfield Hills Hospital are located in ''RG 021, subgroup 7'' at the Connecticut State Library & Archives in restricted files arranged into three series: : *''Patients, 1933-1995'' admission and discharge records; : *''Personnel, 1934-1943'' records of separation; and : *''Medical Staff Records, 1937-1974'' records of birth and deportation, autopsies, and medical examiner cases. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fairfield Hills Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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