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Central Islip State Hospital Improvements – Central Islip NY

Project type: Civic Facilities, Education and Health, Hospitals and Clinics
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

The no-longer-extant Central Islip State Hospital “was the largest psychiatric institution ever to exist in the United States.” Two WPA projects at the hospital involved the following:

1. “Painting brick walls of various buildings of [the] institution, $23,557.”
2. “Removal of old wood floors and installation of tile floors at [the] institution, $9,755.46.”

Source notes

"$52,000 WPA Job For State Hospitals"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Friday, November 22, 1935
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Islip_Psychiatric_Center

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 18, 2014.

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Location Info

Central Islip, NY

Location notes: Marker is for approximate location of the former hospital.

Coordinates: 40.7636, -73.1928

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