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Traverse City Gate Stolen

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The beautiful gate behind Building 50 at the former Traverse City State Hospital has been stolen. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of the gate, please call The Village at Grand Traverse Commons at (+1) 231.941.1900.

Update: Information leading to the safe recovery and return of the gate will be rewarded with an overnight stay in a furnished Village condo plus a full guided tour.

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The Art of Asylum Keeping The Eclipse of the State Mental Hospital The Mad Among Us America's Care of the Mentally Ill Angels in the Architecture The Architecture of Madness Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals The Eye of Danvers: A History of Danvers State Hospital
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