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467: 73: 98: 59: 392: 105: 80: 276:. In 1917 the state authorized the construction of a dormitory, along with an administration building and a service building, and developed plans for additional facilities. By the late 1930s, the school, renamed the Brandon State School in 1929, had four dormitories, classroom buildings, and other support facilities. The school was again renamed, to the Brandon Training School, in 1956. 280:
period, was a strong advocate for de-institutionalization and was a positive force for change for the patients at Brandon Training School. Under his leadership, the Training School began to place more and more residents into community housing. The school was permanently closed in 1993. The school's campus, many of its buildings handsome Colonial Revival structures designed by
255:. Founded in 1915, it was Vermont's first state-funded residential facility for the care of the mentally handicapped. It was closed in 1993, a consequence of changing policies in the treatment and care of such individuals. The surviving buildings of the property, now converted to other uses, were listed on the 279:
In the late 1960s and 1970s, federal requirements forced the school to increase employee/student ratios, and resulted in a gradual shift in treatment of mentally handicapped youth to smaller group home settings scattered across the state. Raymond Mulcahy, who was the Superintendent during this time
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The school was established as the Vermont State School for Feeble Minded Children by an act of the state legislature in 1912, and was formally opened in 1915 on this campus, which then consisted of 300 acres (120 ha) purchased from the estate of Henry Watson, located west of
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architect Frank Lyman Austin, have since been repurposed into apartments and commercial facilities.
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Brandon State School is located in Vermont
Brandon State School is located in the United States
Brandon, Vermont
43°48′42″N 73°6′30″W / 43.81167°N 73.10833°W / 43.81167; -73.10833
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Brandon, Vermont
National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Route 7
Brandon village
Burlington
National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutland County, Vermont
Brattleboro Retreat
Vermont State Hospital


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National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
HEALTH CARE IN VERMONT DATABASE AND TIMELINE



"NRHP nomination for Brandon State School"

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