Nov
24
2007
The entire campus of the Oregon State Hospital has been deemed to be eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Approval from the State Historic Preservation office and the StateAdvisory Committee on Historic Preservation came in October.
Official notification from Washington DC should come sometime early next year.
Besides documenting the many buildings on the campus, the nomination also tells of the story of the care and treatment of the mentally ill in Oregon and the significance of the many architects that designed the hospital structures over the period from 1883 to 1957.
Oct
19
2007
Some current facts about the Oregon State Hospital project (October 2007)Linda Hammond of the Department of Human Services has been named Replacement Administrator. She has said three teams will be hired for the project:
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Oct
19
2007
One of the authors of this site is a member of the newly-formed Oregon State Hospital Stakeholders. That person filed this report:On September 24,2007 the first Department of Human Services Oregon State Hospital Replacement Project Stakeholders Group meeting was held.
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Sep
21
2007
ALAN GUSTAFSON
Statesman Journal
September 11, 2007A group of local history buffs is seeking to have the Oregon State
Hospital campus in
Salem included on the National Register of Historic Places.
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