Sonoma Developmental Center

Sonoma Developmental Center

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location = 15000 Arnold Drive
Eldridge, California
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lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 50
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 31
long_seconds = 7
long_direction = W
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The Sonoma Developmental Center is a large, state-run facility in California, United States, serving the needs of people with developmental disabilities. It is located in Eldridge in Sonoma County. It opened at its current location on November 24, 1891, though it had existed at previous locations in Vallejo and Santa Clara since 1884. [cite web|url=http://www.dds.cahwnet.gov/Sonoma/Sonoma_History.cfm|title=History of Sonoma Developmental Center]

The facility's current name dates from 1986. Former names include:cite web|url=http://www.noehill.com/sonoma/nat2000001180.asp|title=National Register #00001180: Sonoma State Home in Eldridge, California|accessdate=2008-03-29]
* California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children (1883)
* Sonoma State Home (1909)
* Sonoma State Hospital (1953)

More than 5,000 patients were involuntarily sterilized at this facility during the period 1918 to 1949. In 2000, its main building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20001013.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings October 13, 2000|accessdate=2008-03-29]

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*gnis|234889|Sonoma State Home


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