Dammasch State Hospital

Dammasch State Hospital
Site in 2009
Geography
Location	Wilsonville, Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	45°18′44″N122°47′39″W / 45.3121°N 122.7943°W / 45.3121; -122.7943
Organization
Type	Psychiatric hospital
History
Opened	1961
Closed	1995
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Oregon

Dammasch State Hospital was a mental hospital, asylum, and educational center located in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Named for Dr. Ferdinand H. Dammasch, the hospital opened in 1961 and closed in 1995. After its closure, the former site was embroiled in local controversy as it was a proposed location for a women's prison, ^[1] which angered local residents as the site is less than a mile from residential neighborhoods. The Dammasch building was demolished, and the Villebois housing development occupies its former site. ^[2]

See also

• Callahan Center (later Living Enrichment Center) was contiguous to the hospital site and part of the larger development planning area.

References

1. Wentz, Patty (July 29, 1998). "Jails of our Lives". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
2. Zezima, Katie (January 15, 2006). "NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; Abandoned Hospitals For the Mentally Ill Morph Into Housing". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2008.

External links

• Smith Eliot's images of Dammasch State Hospital
• Slide show of Dammasch pictures from the Oregon State Archives
• A Dammasch State Hospital tribute website with a collection of images, videos and stories ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• John Kloepper's images of Dammasch State Hospital