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Creedmoor State Hospital, 80-45 Winchester Boulevard (site bounded by Union Turnpike on north, Hillside Avenue on south, Winchester Boulevard on west, & 240th, 241st, & 242nd Streets on east), Queens (subdivision), Queens County, NY

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Creedmoor State Hospital, 80-45 Winchester Boulevard (site bounded by Union Turnpike on north, Hillside Avenue on south, Winchester Boulevard on west, & 240th, 241st, & 242nd Streets on east), Queens (subdivision), Queens County, NY

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Significance: Creedmoor State Hospital was opened in 1912 as a small farm colony. During the 1920s and early 1930s the grounds were developed into a major psychiatric center housing thousands of patients and staff members in a series of substantial Colonial- and Byzantine-inspired buildings. This constructions reflects the major expansion of New York State's psychiatric hospitals during the third and fourth decades of the 20th century, as the state became increasingly involved psychiatric care.
Survey number: HABS NY-6343

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Location

Bay Terrace (Queens, New York, N.Y.)36.12237, -78.68611
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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