Boston State Hospital
Boston State Hospital is a historic mental hospital located in Mattapan and Dorchester, Massachusetts. The court case Rogers v. Okin, which increases patient consent rights, was filed by a class action lawsuit against the hospital.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Boston Pre-Release Center and Mount Hope Cemetery.
Boston Pre-Release Center
Prison
The Boston Pre-Release Center is a minimum security correctional facility located on Canterbury Street in Roslindale, Massachusetts. The current facility opened in 2003 and it is under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Boston Pre-Release Center is situated 2,100 feet north of Boston State Hospital.
Mount Hope Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic cemetery in southern Boston, Massachusetts, between the neighborhoods of Roslindale and Mattapan. Mount Hope Cemetery is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Boston State Hospital.
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Hospital
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a 255-bed public health and teaching hospital located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The hospital is owned and operated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and as an affiliate of the Tufts University School of Medicine, serves as the only teaching hospital operated by DPH. Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is situated 1 mile north of Boston State Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Hills and Mattapan.
Forest Hills
Neighborhood
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Forest Hills is a part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Forest Hills is characterized by hilly terrain and wooded areas within and adjacent to its borders.
Mattapan
Suburb
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Mattapan is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Mattapan is the original Massachusett name for the Dorchester area, possibly meaning "a place to sit." At the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480, with the majority of its population immigrants.
Roslindale
Suburb
Roslindale is a primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, West Roxbury and Mattapan.
Boston State Hospital
- Type: Historic site
- Description: former hospital
- Categories: historic district, former hospital, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.28667° or 42° 17′ 12″ northLongitude
-71.10031° or 71° 6′ 1″ westOpen location code
87JC7VPX+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1314745195OpenStreetMap feature
historic=noWikidata ID
Q14715414
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