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Title
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Fairfield Hills State Hospital
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Description
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Fairfield Hills State Hospital, which was a psychiatric hospital for anyone over the age of 18 from 1931 until 1995, and at its peak held 4,000 patients, 20 doctors, 50 nurses, and 100 other employees, and was entirely self-sufficient. The hospital was abandoned in 1995, following the trend of deinstitutionalization, and was bought by the town of Newtown in 2001. Around 2008, the town of Newtown requested a Phase I environmental site assessment; they were looking for the presence, or likely presence, of a hazardous substance or petroleum products on the property. Following this report, soil and groundwater that were contaminated with petroleum on the northeast side of campus, tetrachloroethylene from the laundry building, and dieldrin from the main subject property. There is still an ongoing remediation project, which includes the problems of asbestos and lead-based paint.
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Date
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June 7, 2001 – November 10, 2025
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Location - Physical Location
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28 Trades Lane, Newtown, CT
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Name
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Nora Kliczewski
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cites
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R. W. Bartley & Associates, INC. Phase I Environmental Assessment Fairfield Hills Campus. June 2008. Newtown-ct.gov, www.newtown-ct.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif12216/f/uploads/attachment_c_-_phase_i_-_june_2008.pdf.
