Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates, Ward DChestnut Street
Foxboro, Mass.
Year Built: 1891This building was built in 1891 and is on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of a National Register Historic District.
This building has high-styled and significant elements, including window arches, decorative brick moldings, a tower and an original cornice, which has been preserved. the eastern facade has two gables and arounded bow-front.
This building is identicial to Building B. This is one of five Brigham-designed buildings in a group on this property. Each building individually is significant and as a group, the scale is so large that they are even more impressive. They were also considered the finest hospital of their kind when opened.
Registries• National Register
References• Massachusetts Cultural Resources Information System, Massachusetts Historical Commission, Inventory No. FOX.181 (Foxborough State Hospital, Ward D, 1891, Brigham & Spofford, architects).
• National Register of Historic Places, added 7/19/1994, Brigham & Spofford, architects, National Park Service #94000695.
• "Charles Brigham," MacMillan Encyclopedia of Architects, Adolph Placzek, entry written by Margaret Henderson Floyd, 1982, p. 288-9 (Inebriates Hospital, 1888-1889, Foxboro, Mass., Charles Brigham architect).
• Massachusetts Historical Commission, Form B, Foxborough, #181.
• "Charles Brigham," Boston of To-day, Richard Herndon, Post Publishing, Boston, 1892, pp. 156-157 (". . . [A]nd among the recent building designed by him . . . Inebriates’ Hospital at Foxborough.").
• National Register Historic District, 7/19/1994, National Park Service #94000695.
Images
1984, Massachusetts Historical Commission
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