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North Park Grounds - Oregon State Hospital Historic District - Salem, Oregon
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ddtfamily
N 44° 56.450 W 123° 00.333
10T E 499562 N 4976377
Historic contributing park on the Oregon State Hospital's north campus
Waymark Code: WMGT5Y
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2013
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In the mental hospital design plan popularized by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride, pleasant surroundings through well-designed landscaping was considered an integral part of therapy.
This portion of the campus contains many trees and a pair of "islands" within the internal network of access streets. One of the islands is surrounded by a number of parking spaces for designated public officials. There are a number of roughly life-size dog/wolf figures set up on various parts of the lawn - I'm not aware of their meaning.
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