04/09/1847 Plans were made for the opening of the first state reformatory for boys in the nation, to be located at Westborough, Massachusetts. (By John Osborne) Source Citation Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 507. Record Data Date Certainty Exact Type Education/Culture Major Topics 19th-Century Education People Places Westborough, MA Images