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Before it was the Paul A. Dever State School it was named the Myles Standish State School for the Retarded. But before its use for those with developmental disabilities, it was Camp Myles Standish (many times erroneously spelled Miles), which was not only a point of embankment during WWII, it also served as a POW camp with Germans being held there.

A few years after the war and its aftermath, the military base was mostly demolished, though a few key buildings remained which would go on to serve the new Standish State School. It operated through 2002, when it closed during a period of heavy deinstitutionalization in the broader region. It sat abandoned until its complete demolition in the mid-2010s.

Some annoying Dever sayings picked up from exploring extensively here back in the day: tehdevers // Never say Dever // Always and 4 Dever // forever and dever // Dever is mah home // Don’t Destroy Dever! - I really miss this place and I really wish I took it more seriously for pictures, I have so few actual usable images from here.