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"publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "The New York State Board of Regents closed the school in 1994 due to financial difficulties", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 8038, "site_id": "n-8d774d81ca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briarcliff_Lodge", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "The original 1902 Briarcliff Lodge building burned to the ground on September 20, 2003.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 8039, "site_id": "n-8d774d81ca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briarcliff_Lodge", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "From about 2010 to 2019, the site was redeveloped into a retirement home.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 8040, "site_id": "n-8d774d81ca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briarcliff_Lodge", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "The main senior-living 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