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PHOTOS: Work Continues at Medfield State Hospital Site
DCAM contractors have started the decontamination work to remove asbestos, etc., from the former Medfield State Hospital.
Decontamination work, including the removal of asbestos, has started on the Clark Building at the former Medfield State Hospital.
John Harney, a community activist who has been following the project, said the removal of the Clark Building will open the 'historic Landscape' and make the property more valuable.
Once the decontamination is complete -- a project that is reportedly costing the state $2 million -- it will need to be reviewed and approved before the building can be taken down.
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According to Medfield Town Historian Richard DeSorgher, the Clark Building opened in 1958.
DeSorgher's research indicated that former MSH Superintendent Anthony Calo said the Clark Building was the hospital's medical building where patients would be treated for any illness or would be operated on for any injuries or medical emergencies.
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The Clark Building had its own fleet of in house medical doctors and handled all medical issues from pneumonia to broken legs, so it had an operating room and medical facilities. It also contained a laboratory as well as some office space for medical personnel not assigned to the wards.
