Fairfield Hills Hospital

Near the center of the new town in Connecticut there is an old colonial campus that can be mistaken for a typical New England college or boarding school. Residents of the town took a dog next to a red brick building on the column pillar and slowly passed through hundreds of acres of forests and meadows around.

However, there is a deep tunnel system buried in the basement, not through auditoriums and student councils, until prohibited rooms, psychiatric laboratories, operating rooms, and even funerals.

During the majority of the twentieth century, these tunnels were used to move psychiatric patients during treatment, and then grown to the greatest in Fairfield State Hospital, also known as Fairfield Mountain, New England . It is one.

The state hospital began treating the patient from the early 1930's until it was closed in 1995. For decades, hospitals have expanded from the initial 500 beds to over 4,000 beds. It is a way to alleviate overcrowding in the other two facilities in Connecticut, but the ratio between medical staff and patients is always difficult, the doctors average 200 to 1, and the nurses 80 to 1.

Since the last residents' group moved to other facilities in 1995, most of the campuses are vacant, the building has fallen slowly, and the tunnel is closed. The destiny is left to the hands of Newtown Town which purchased the whole package from the state in 2004, and there are various reconstruction plans which began to adapt. Several buildings are currently in use, and some boardwalks and park areas are open to the public.

Newtown Town acquired assets of former Fairfield Hills Hospital from Connecticut in 2004. In the new town, the municipal development agency, the Fairfield Hills Authority, to build a new building on the premises was founded. It is necessary to possess the majority of property for local governments and cultural purposes, as well as for passive and active entertainment purposes. Today most of the buildings on campus are abandoned without maintenance and warning signs are kept to avoid them. However, on the campus there are still promenades and public roads, a new building was built on the New Town Youth Academy website. Private sponsor pays, indoor lawn, basketball court and full fitness center.

On June 7, 2001, voters at the Town Conference approved the purchase of former Fairfield Hill Hospital from Connecticut. The majority of the 185 acre Fairfield Hills campus is reserved for local governments and cultural uses, as well as for passive and active entertainment. The campus is open daily for people who are open all day. Hiking trails are open to the public and various sports facilities are managed by Newtown Parks and Recreation Department.

On 8th December 1995 the facility was closed and the patient was transferred to Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut. Fairfield Hills Hospital records are at the State Library of Connecticut and RG 021, the seventh group of archives, and the restricted document is divided into three series: Fairfield Hills by disorganization in the 1960s and 1970s Need for a hospital like. there's only a little. State hospitals nationwide were closed due to the high cost of running hospitals that are not fully utilized. In 1995, Governor John Rowland closed down Fairfield Hills and its sister hospital, Norwich State Hospital. All remaining patients were transferred to Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown.