Cedarcrest Hospital
Cedarcrest in Newington, formerly a state tuberculosis sanatorium and later a mental-health hospital. Early photographs and documents are public-domain publication scans. Later psychiatric history is summarized with attribution; protected modern photographs are provided only as links.

id: CEDARCREST-001
title: “The Medalist at Cedarcrest” — croquet on the grounds
kind: Photographs
date: Published 1926; photograph undated
summary: Two unnamed women appear in a croquet scene beside a shingled campus building. The original caption identifies Cedarcrest.
url: https://archive.org/details/report19241926connuoft/page/n78/mode/1up
credit: Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission, Report for July 1, 1924–June 30, 1926; University of Toronto copy digitized by Internet Archive.
notes: Public domain in the United States: original work published before 1931. Original printed caption retained. The report does not identify these women or establish whether they were patients or staff.  Cropped from the source page.
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institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
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id: CEDARCREST-002
title: “A Critical Moment at Cedarcrest” — a table under the trees
kind: Photographs
date: Published 1926; photograph undated
summary: A group of unnamed men gathers around a table outdoors, apparently playing cards, in a photograph captioned Cedarcrest.
url: https://archive.org/details/report19241926connuoft/page/n78/mode/1up
credit: Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission, Report for July 1, 1924–June 30, 1926; University of Toronto copy digitized by Internet Archive.
notes: Public domain in the United States: original work published before 1931. Original printed caption retained. Individual names, roles and exposure date are unknown; no patient identities inferred.  Cropped from the source page.
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institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
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id: CEDARCREST-003
title: Why the state sanatorium became Cedarcrest
kind: Historical documents
date: 1926
summary: The commission’s narrative describes the earlier county-home plan, a 1913 naming change, and the subsequent adoption of Cedarcrest as a distinctive institutional name.
url: https://archive.org/details/report19241926connuoft/page/n19/mode/1up
credit: Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission, Report for July 1, 1924–June 30, 1926, printed p. 16; Internet Archive.
notes: Public domain in the United States: original work published before 1931. The page starts mid-sentence from the preceding page. Its 1913 account takes precedence here over conflicting secondary summaries that give 1912.  Cropped from the source page.
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text_file: texts/cedarcrest-1926-name.txt
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id: CEDARCREST-004
title: Nurses, kitchens, grounds and the central laundry
kind: Historical documents
date: 1926
summary: A contemporary account names Cedarcrest staff and describes the labor and laundry operation supporting the hospital and other state sanatoria.
url: https://archive.org/details/report19241926connuoft/page/n22/mode/1up
credit: Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission, Report for July 1, 1924–June 30, 1926, printed p. 17; Internet Archive.
notes: Public domain in the United States: original work published before 1931. Crop contains the Cedarcrest portion of the page; the following Laurel Heights section is excluded. The uncropped page is available from the linked repository; included OCR may extend beyond the image crop.  Cropped from the source page.
file: images/cedarcrest-1926-staff.jpg
text_file: texts/cedarcrest-1926-staff.txt
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id: CEDARCREST-005
title: Newington grounds, heating and a proposed infirmary
kind: Historical documents
date: 1928
summary: The report identifies Cedarcrest’s Newington location and 192-bed capacity, then describes road and utility alterations, wooden buildings, a proposed fireproof infirmary and a relocated farm cottage.
url: https://archive.org/details/report19261928connuoft/page/n12/mode/1up
credit: Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission, Report for July 1, 1926–June 30, 1928, printed p. 9; Internet Archive.
notes: Public domain in the United States: original work published before 1931. Crop starts at the Cedarcrest heading, excluding an unrelated Undercliff passage above. The proposed building is a proposal at this date, not a claim of completion.  Cropped from the source page.
file: images/cedarcrest-1928-grounds.jpg
text_file: texts/cedarcrest-1928-grounds.txt
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id: CEDARCREST-006
title: Cedarcrest Hospital — DMHAS commissioner files
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Parent series: 1958–1994
summary: Connecticut State Archives finding-aid entry for Cedarcrest Hospital in mental-health commissioner files, box 13.
url: https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/caoSearch/catalog/ct_RG021_aspace_c1613bdf0709a780e52ae4395faad8be
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Catalog lead only; contents were not supplied as digitized documents. Useful for verifying the later psychiatric phase. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: CEDARCREST-007
title: Cedarcrest Sanatorium — Governor Ribicoff records
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Parent records: 1955–1961
summary: Connecticut State Archives folder on Cedarcrest in Abraham Ribicoff’s gubernatorial records, box 648.
url: https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/caoSearch/catalog/ct_RG005_033_aspace_fcbcc2e4ce14784daf37dd2b3b5570ea
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Finding aid, not a reproduced document. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: CEDARCREST-008
title: Cedarcrest Sanitarium — Governor Baldwin records
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Parent records: 1939–1941
summary: Connecticut State Archives folder in Raymond Baldwin’s gubernatorial records, box 421.
url: https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/caoSearch/catalog/ct_RG005_027_aspace_1b2cc30d8c63e8af70f17f353f1fa327
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Finding aid, not a reproduced document. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: CEDARCREST-009
title: Opacity: Cedarcrest Sanatorium / Hospital Two
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Photographed November 2005; gallery published September 2010
summary: Tom Kirsch’s photographic documentation of the former tuberculosis pavilion; the site lists a 22-image gallery photographed in November 2005.
url: https://opacity.us/site116_cedarcrest_sanatorium.htm
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: LINK ONLY. Photography is explicitly copyrighted by Tom Kirsch and may not be reproduced without permission. No modern photographs downloaded. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: CEDARCREST-010
title: Cedarcrest Regional Hospital institutional summary
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Undated
summary: Secondary account covering tuberculosis care, the later psychiatric hospital and phased closure.
url: https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Cedarcrest_Regional_Hospital
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Later dates in this collection are attributed to this account; opening and early naming are grounded in the state reports instead. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download. Date correction: this secondary page’s 2010 inpatient-closure date is superseded here by the Connecticut General Assembly’s January 6, 2011 psychiatric inpatient termination date. See CEDARCREST-2026-B.
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id: CEDARCREST-011
title: Cedarcrest Hospital local retrospective
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2016-12-29
summary: Ray Bendici’s local retrospective discusses the institution’s transition and closing period.
url: https://www.damnedct.com/cedarcrest-hospital-newington/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Secondary background only; no protected images downloaded. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: CEDARCREST-012
title: Supporting source: archive.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://archive.org/details/report19241926connuoft/page/n18/mode/1up
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-032
title: Cedarcrest in the 1940 census district descriptions
kind: Photographs
date: 1940 census; catalog's 1850–1950 range is the series range
institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
summary: 1940 census enumeration-district description naming Cedarcrest Tuberculosis Sanatorium. District 2-255 identifies part of Cedarcrest Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Wethersfield. This administrative description helps locate the institution across municipal boundaries.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1940_Census_Enumeration_District_Descriptions_-_Connecticut_-_Hartford_County_-_ED_2-254,_ED_2-255,_ED_2-256_-_NARA_-_5841346.jpg
credit: U.S. Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, via Wikimedia Commons
notes: NAID 5841346, RG29, series 721175. It is a district description, not a population schedule or patient list. A document scan, not a building photograph;1940 header visible. Series 1850–1950 mustnotdateitem. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain, official U.S. Census Bureau work; explicit Commons tag.
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-033
title: Training class at Cedarcrest Sanatorium
kind: Photographs
date: 1931; reproduced in modern archives guide
institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
summary: A 1931 training-class photograph from the State Tuberculosis Commission records documents clinical teaching at Cedarcrest in Newington.
url: https://ctstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/archivesguide.pdf
credit: Photographer unidentified / Connecticut State Archives, State Tuberculosis Commission records, accession 85-29
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Guide caption: Figure 21, printed p.70. Indexed caption verified; full 13.9MB PDF exceeded web retrieval limit. Confirm scan/page before cropping; state-government hosting alone does not establish public domain. Reuse: Rights review: no reuse license verified for state photograph or modern guide. Link only.
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id: CEDARCREST-2026-A
title: Connecticut Valley Hospital: consolidation of Cedarcrest services
kind: Historical sources
date: 2010–2011 institutional changes
institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
summary: DMHAS dates the consolidation of the former Cedarcrest Regional Hospital services with Connecticut Valley Hospital to 2010.
url: https://portal.ct.gov/dmhas/cvh/agency-files/cvh---about-cvh
credit: State of Connecticut: DMHAS / Connecticut General Assembly
notes: Official source. Administrative consolidation and the termination of a particular clinical service are separate events.
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id: CEDARCREST-2026-B
title: Public Act 11-215: end of Cedarcrest inpatient psychiatric services
kind: Historical sources
date: 2010–2011 institutional changes
institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
summary: The General Assembly summary states that Cedarcrest terminated psychiatric inpatient services on January 6, 2011, under a settlement agreement.
url: https://cga.ct.gov/2011/SUM/2011SUM00215-R01SB-00883-SUM.htm
credit: State of Connecticut: DMHAS / Connecticut General Assembly
notes: Official source. Administrative consolidation and the termination of a particular clinical service are separate events.
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id: PHOTO-cedarcrest-josh-2010
title: Cedarcrest in August 2010
kind: Photographs
date: August 13, 2010
institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
summary: A surviving Cedarcrest building photographed in Newington in August 2010. The image records the campus in its later hospital era, a century after the tuberculosis institution opened.
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joshmichtom/4889956372/
credit: Josh Michtom, Flickr; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Reproduced for this noncommercial nonprofit archive under the same license.
notes: Unaltered Flickr display image. The photograph retains its CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license; commercial reuse is not authorized by that license. Hosted by Silent Grounds Collective. SHA-256 of uploaded source: d9c6735f132b7b9848bb17e7eff8f9761ad98f1434e336323839e1fbfa83545f.
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id: SGC-PHOTO-LINK-001
title: Cedarcrest: 22 photographs from 2005
kind: Photograph collections
date: Dates stated by source
institution: Cedarcrest Hospital
summary: Tom Kirsch’s photographs of Cedarcrest’s older pavilion show wards, balconies, corridors and surviving hospital details in November 2005. Open the complete 22-image gallery at Opacity.
url: https://opacity.us/gallery213_hospital_two.htm
credit: Tom Kirsch / Opacity
notes: Linked photo collection. Copyright and reuse terms remain with the photographer or publisher. Images have not been copied into this archive.
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