Closing Time Line
1990
November 1
November 5
December 17
Adolescent unit transferred to Somerville Hospital.
Central Middlesex admissions diverted to Westborough State Hospital.
R1 closed.
1991
January 2
Tri -City (TC) admissions diverted to Danvers State Hospital and private facilities; two patients transferred to Worcester State Hospital; Cambridge/Somerville (C/S) admission remained; cost funded through June 1991.
January 2-10
Fourteen patients transferred to Westborough State Hospital.
January 16
One patient transferred to Lindemann Mental Health Center.
January 29
​​​One patient transferred to Worcester State Hospital; Commissioner Tomes meets with interested families at Kline Hall.
February 4-12
​Four patients transferred to Worcester State Hospital; twenty-four patients transferred to Westborough State Hospital.
February 5
R4 closed.
February 11
B1 closed.
February 15
​​One patient transferred to Farren Care Center.
February 16
Shuttle service to Worcester and Westborough State hospitals commenced.
February 20
Two patients transferred to Westborough State Hospital.
February 27
​Two patients transferred to Worcester State Hospital.
March 13
Three patients transferred to Westborough.
March 20
Two patients transferred to Westborough.
April 2
​​Five patients transferred to Westborough.
April 4-9
Four patients transferred to Worcester.
April 1-15
Pierson Road (C/S) residence opened for eight patients; Saugus House residence opened for eight patients; Woburn House residence opened for eight patients; Banks Street, Waltham, residence opened for eight patients.
April 17
Three patients transferred to Westborough.
April 23-29
Hammond Street residence (C/S) opened for eight patients; ongrounds Residence I opened for six patients; Watertown apartment opened for four patients.
May 2
Semrad Unit shut with closing of D1 and A2.
May 9
Maynard House opened for ten patients.
May 21
One patient transferred to Worcester.
May 30
​​​​Watertown apartment opened for four patients; one patient transferred to Worcester.
June 6
One patient transferred to Westborough.
June 20
Commissioner Elias announced the closing of Metropolitan State Hospital to families and staff.
July 3
Danvers cottage opened for four patients.
September 3
Admissions service moved to R1.
September 24
Cambridge Hospital temporarily relocated Cahill 4 to R2.
November 6
Magazine Street opened for ten C/S patients.
November 13-20
Five patients transferred to Danvers State Hospital.
November 13-20
McLaughlin House opened for six central Middlesex patients.
November 20
Marguerite Terrace opened for twelve central Middlesex patients.
November 21-25
Three T/C patients discharged to existing community residences.
December 3-5
​​​​​​​Ten patients transferred to Westborough.
December 5-10
Five patients transferred to Danvers; C/S opened apartments for twenty-four patients.
December 10
Four patients transferred to Westborough.
December 10-30
Burke Unit shut with closing of ME2.
December 16-30
​Seventeen patients transferred to Medfield State Hospital.
December 28
C/S Unit shut with closing of M&S2.
1992
January 31
Metropolitan State Hospital officially closed.