Wassaic State School

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_school
former institution
gptkbp:address 26 Center Street, Wassaic, NY 12592
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Wassaic Developmental Center
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Victorian
gptkbp:closed 1991
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wassaic State School
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wassaic,_New_York
gptkbp:notableBuilding The Castle building
gptkbp:notableEvent subject of historical research on disability rights
site of deinstitutionalization movement in New York
gptkbp:notableFor controversies over treatment and conditions
large population of residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 04000941
gptkbp:opened 1930
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:New_York_State_Department_of_Mental_Hygiene
gptkbp:purpose institution for people with developmental disabilities
gptkbp:successor Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office
gptkbp:website over 250 acres
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wassaic,_New_York
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7