 The campus is one of the most intact examples of a state cottage school standing in the United States and is significant on a national level.The original school building, now known as Merrill Hall, contains a mural, "Mother Goose", created by the WPA artist Miriam Ibling.The museum exists in large part because a former State Schooler, named Harvey Ronglien, believed that the memory of the children who lived at the State School and the way they were treated should not be forgotten.