Fairview Training Center

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| Name = Fairview Training Center

| Org/Group = State of Oregon

| Image = FairviewTC Salem, Oregon.JPG

| Caption = LeBreton Cottage at Fairview, built in 1908

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| Location = Salem

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| State = Oregon

| Country = US

| Coordinates = {{Coord|44.8978981|-123.0137063|type:landmark_region:US-OR_source:OPRD_dim:1900|display=inline,title}}{{cite gnis |type=retired|id= 1120576 |name= Fairview Training Center |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |access-date= 2010-01-30}}

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| Type = Psychiatric hospital

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| Founded = 1907

| Closed = March 01, 2000

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The Fairview Training Center was a state-run facility for people with developmental disabilities in Salem, Oregon, United States. Fairview was established in 1907 as the State Institution for the Feeble-Minded. The hospital opened on December 1, 1908, with 39 patients transferred from the Oregon State Hospital for the Insane.[http://www.salemhistory.net/places/fairview_training_center.htm Salem Online History] Before its closure in 2000, Fairview was administered by the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS).{{Cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/03reg/measures/hb3500.dir/hb3599.intro.html |title=House Bill 3599, Seventy-second Oregon Legislative Assembly |access-date=2009-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611121004/http://www.leg.state.or.us/03reg/measures/hb3500.dir/hb3599.intro.html |archive-date=2011-06-11 |url-status = dead}} DHS continued to operate the Eastern Oregon State Hospital in Pendleton{{cite web |url= http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/dd/adults/residential.shtml |title= Supports for Adults |publisher= Oregon Department of Human Services: Developmental Disabilities Division |access-date= January 26, 2009}}{{cite web |url= https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors427.html |title= Chapter 427—Persons With Mental Retardation; Persons With Developmental Disabilities |work= Oregon Revised Statutes |year= 2007 |access-date= January 26, 2009 }} until October 31, 2009.{{cite web |url=https://oshmuseum.org/eastern-oregon-state-hospital/ |publisher=Oregon State Hospital of Mental Health |title=Eastern Oregon State Hospital |access-date=2021-02-25}}

History

=Early history=

In 1907, the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded was created by the Oregon State Legislature.{{cite web |url= https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/Pages/board-of-control.aspx |title= Oregon State Board of Control Records Guide, 1851-1977: Fairview Training Center |work= Oregon Blue Book |publisher= Oregon Secretary of State }} It was established as a quasi-educational institution charged with educating the "feeble-minded" (today known as people with intellectual disability and various other developmental and learning disabilities) and caring for the "idiotic and epileptic." The facility was overseen by a board of trustees consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer. Construction had progressed enough by 1908 that the first patients were transferred from the Oregon State Insane Asylum (now the Oregon State Hospital). They resided on a {{convert|670|acre|adj=on}} compound consisting of an administration building (LeBreton Cottage),[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/orarc&CISOPTR=290&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 Oregon Historic Photograph Collections] a dormitory, a laundry and boiler house. By 1913, two more cottages were constructed and the board of trustees was replaced by the Oregon State Board of Control.

In 1917, a commitment law was passed that was to standardize admissions to the institution by insuring that valuable space was used for the "feeble-minded" and not for the "insane". It also imposed an age limit on admissions to people five years of age and older. The age limit was removed in 1921.

The institution had a working farm that provided both food and training for its residents. By 1920, most of the land to be used for farming had been cleared. {{convert|400|acre}} were planted in crops and {{convert|45|acre}} in orchards. The farm also raised hogs, chickens, and dairy and beef cattle.

In 1923, the legislature established the Oregon Board of Eugenics, and Fairview's superintendent served as an ex-officio board member. The eugenics legislation provided for the "sterilization of all feeble-minded, insane, epileptics, habitual criminals, moral degenerates, and sexual perverts who are a menace to society." Sterilizations required either the person's consent or a court order. By 1929, 300 residents had been sterilized.

Two types of parole for residents were established in 1931: home parole and industrial parole. Requirements for parole included a surety bond filed by the parolee's guardian or overseer, who had to have a net worth of at least $1000 and have lived in the state for at least six months, the parolee had to be sterilized, and the home or workplace had to be inspected. Two-thirds of residents who had been sterilized were paroled, which freed up beds for new patients.

In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home.

Changes in care and additions to the facility continued through the 1940s-1960s, and improvements were made to the medical care and nutrition of the residents.

In 1965, Oregon Fairview Home was renamed Fairview Hospital and Training Center.

In the late 1960s, the orchard, raising of beef, and general farm activities were eliminated. The raising of hogs was eliminated in 1975 and poultry processing ended in 1977. These activities had formerly provided all the ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, broiler chickens, and pork chops used by Fairview.

In 1969, the Board of Control was dissolved and the Mental Health Division placed under the newly created Executive Department of the state government.

In 1979, the facility changed its name from Fairview Hospital and Training Center to Fairview Training Center.

=Modern history=

Fairview was closed on March 1, 2000.

A group known as Sustainable Fairview Associates purchased {{convert|275|acre}} of the former Fairview grounds in 2002.{{cite news |url= http://www.pringlecreekcommunity.com/news/8_20_05.htm |work= Statesman Journal |date= August 20, 2005 |title= Planners May Hand Off Fairview |publisher= pringlecreekcommunity.com |access-date= 2010-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081121021336/http://www.pringlecreekcommunity.com/news/8_20_05.htm |archive-date= 2008-11-21 |url-status = dead}} The land included several historic buildings.{{cite news |url= http://www.pringlecreek.com/news/2_16_04.htm |work= Statesman Journal |date= February 16, 2004 |title= Fairview Plan would Pay Dividends for City |publisher= pringlecreekcommunity.com |access-date= 2010-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914035845/http://www.pringlecreek.com/news/2_16_04.htm |archive-date= 2010-09-14 |url-status = dead}}

In 2004, Sustainable Fairview Associates sold {{convert|32|acre}} of their holdings to Sustainable Development Inc. for building Pringle Creek Community, a sustainable housing development.{{cite news |url= http://www.pringlecreekcommunity.com/news/8_22_05.htm |work= Statesman Journal |date= August 22, 2005 |title= Pringle Creek Community |publisher= pringlecreekcommunity.com |access-date= 2010-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081121015858/http://www.pringlecreekcommunity.com/news/8_22_05.htm |archive-date= 2008-11-21 |url-status = dead}}

Pierce Cottage, one of several buildings remaining on the former Fairview site, was gutted by a fire of suspicious origin in January 2010.{{cite news |url= http://www.kgw.com/news/2-alarm-blaze-at-abandoned-state-hospital-in-Salem-82845467.html |title= 3-alarm Old Fairview Center fire in Salem |publisher= KGW |access-date= 2010-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100129225223/http://www.kgw.com/news/2-alarm-blaze-at-abandoned-state-hospital-in-Salem-82845467.html |archive-date= 2010-01-29 |url-status = dead}}{{cite news |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16386828/2010-jan-29-arson-investigation/ |title= Fire raises suspicions: Salem Police will lead investigation of blaze at former Fairview site |date= January 29, 2010 |last= Guerrero-Huston |first= Thelma |newspaper= Statesman Journal |access-date= 2021-02-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://statesmanjournal.newspapers.com/image/202721928/ |archive-date=2010-01-29}}{{subscription required}} The building was one of 50 at the site previously slated for demolition and recycling.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16386828/2010-jan-29-arson-investigation/ |title=Fire raises suspicions: Structure that burned, one of 50 at site, was to be demolished anyway|last1=Guerrero-Huston|first1=Thelma|last2=Rose |first2=Michael |date=January 29, 2010|work=Statesman Journal|access-date=2021-02-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://statesmanjournal.newspapers.com/image/202721928 |archive-date=2010-01-29}}{{subscription required}} Two men were charged with arson in connection with the fire the next month. All remaining cottages were demolished in 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/keizer_men_arrested_in_fire_at.html|title=Keizer men arrested in fire at Fairview Training Center in Salem|last=Russell|first=Michael|date=February 18, 2010|work=The Oregonian|access-date=19 February 2010}}

Superintendents

H.E. Bickers 1908-1912
Frank E. Smith, M.D. 1913-1914
J.H. Thompson, M.D. 1914-1915
J.N. Smith, M.D. 1915-1929
R.D. Byrd 1930-1938
Horace G. Miller M.D. 1939-1944
Ray M. Waltz, M.D. 1944-1946
Irvin B. Hill, M.D. 1946-1959
Jim Pomeroy, M.D. 1960-1970
Larry W. Talkington, Ph.D. 1970-1976
Jerry E. McGee, Ed.D. 1977-1987
Linda K. Gustafson, Ph.D. 1989-1991
Rosemary C. Hennessy 1991-1995
Charles Farnham 1995-1997
Jon E. Cooper M.B.A. 1997-2000

Cottages

The cottages on the grounds housed both staff and patients. Some of the structures were named after Oregon governors, including:

Benson Cottage - Frank W. Benson
Chamberlain Cottage - George Earle Chamberlain
Lane Cottage - Joseph Lane
Martin Cottage - Charles Martin
Meier Cottage - Julius Meier
Pierce Cottage - Walter M. Pierce ([https://www.flickr.com/photos/9681449@N05/2177526396/in/set-72157600659175511/ image]) Destroyed by fire January 27, 2010
Smith Cottage - Elmo Smith
Snell Cottage - Earl Snell
Withycombe Cottage - James Withycombe

Fairview in the media

Where's Molly? is a 2007 documentary about Molly Daly who was institutionalized at the Fairview Hospital and Training Center in the 1950s{{cite news |url= http://blog.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2007/03/review_wheres_molly.html |publisher= OregonLive.com |date= March 9, 2007 |title= Review: "Where's Molly?" |access-date= January 26, 2009}}
Population: 2 is a post-apocalyptic film that features Fairview heavily as a location and contains the last footage of the center taken before its dismantling began in 2011
In the Shadow of Fairview - A documentary made by OPB.
Cold Case Files case of Janie Landers,

Young woman who disappeared from Fairview featured on the show Cold Case Files.

References

External links

[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Fairview%20Training%20Center&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&t=a Historic images of Fairview] from Salem Public Library.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160126214017/http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=%2Farchpnw&CISOBOX1=Fairview+Training+Center++Salem%2C+Oregon+ Images of abandoned structures at Fairview] from the University of Oregon digital archives
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050428040446/http://www.wheresmolly.net/ Where's Molly]}} official website
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081226102828/http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2007/11/video_fairview.html "In Our Care" a 1959 film about Fairview] from The Oregonian
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180522/http://www.institutionwatch.ca/cms-filesystem-action?file=research%2Ffairview_report.pdf "Away from the Public Gaze": A History of the Fairview Training Center and the Institutionalization of People with Developmental Disabilities in Oregon] from The Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/9681449@N05/sets/72157600659175511/ Photo essay of closed Fairview site] from Flickr