2 Comments Posted by Niece

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As of today the administration building still stands. I live about 2 minutes from this site. There has been an ongoing battle between the county who wants to place historical status on the building and Horizon (the developer for Southpointe II) I would LOVE to purchase this building to allow people inside. If anyone has tried to do research on Western Center, it is such a secret!
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I did not personally work in this home, but I have a great aunt who did about 50 years ago. She has some pretty disturbing storys of unimaginable torture and abuse as well as hauntings. She also speaks of several who really honestly loved the patients there (such as herself) As was mentioned before, at her time of employment, it was an embarrassment to a family to have a mentally handicapped child. They were institutionalize and pretty much forgotten by their families.