Present Day History

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Present Day History

• 2004: New floor was put into the Chapel.
• 2004: VSDB changed the heating system from the steam plant to individual systems for each building.
• 2007: The log cabin styled Boy Scout room was removed from Main Hall.
• 2008: The 100-year old Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Hampton closed.
• 2008: VSDB-Staunton and VSDB-Hampton consolidated.
• 2009: Steam pipe connecting VSDB to Western State Hospital (later changed to Prison and now condo) was removed.
• 2009: Stuart Hall gets a new roof.
• 2009: The Board of Visitors was brought back to VSDB.
• 2009: Maintenance Building was torn down.
• 2009: Shafer Maintenance Complex was erected in honor of an ex-slave, Dennis Shafer for his many years of service at VSDB.