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Hudson County Hospital for the Insane

The Hudson County Hospital for the Insane was located on what was then called Snake Hill, now Laurel Hill, which was a large igneous rock formation jutting some 150 feet from … See more

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Independence State Hospital

WEBOne of 4 Mental Health Institute’s in the State of Iowa. – the others being Mt. Pleasant, Cherokee and Clarinda. The Independence state Hospital is a state run …

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Tinley Park State Hospital

WEBBeginning in 1965 the hospital began receiving inner city patients of all ages. Tinley Park Mental Health Center is an in-patient facility for people with acute illnesses, …

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Arkansas State Hospital

WEBThe Arkansas State Hospital is the only state-owned and -operated facility for the treatment of mental illness in Arkansas. The structure, function, and name of this facility have changed with the development of new technology and more progressive views for treating individuals suffering from mental illness, epilepsy, birth defects, learning …

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Bolivar State Hospital

WEBGrains of Sand : A History of Western Mental Health Institute - 1886-1986. Opened to receive patients on November 22, 1889, the then denoted "West Tennessee …

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Winnebago State Hospital

WEBOn the west central shore of Lake Winnebago, just north of the city of Oshkosh, lies a promontory called Asylum Point. Its surrounding waters are identified as …

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Springfield State Hospital

WEBSpringfield consists of three distinct patient complexes: the Martin Gross Group 1898-1932 (men), the Warfield Group 1900-1929 (women), and the Clark Circle …

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Willmar State Hospital

WEBBuilt on an open farm field north of town, the Willmar Hospital Farm for Inebriates opened in 1912 with just 37 patients. Their treatment included working on the self sustaining farm where oats, barley, corn, timothy, vegetables and livestock where raised. During the hospital’s first 18 months, 84 inmates escaped, which “did little to alleviate the …

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Vinta State Hospital

WEBEastern State Hospital has been a major factor in the economy of Craig County since 1913, and its influence in mental health matters has extended well beyond its service area. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, the mentally ill first were cared for through contract with private sanitariums. In Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation had maintained an asylum at …

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Anna State Hospital

WEBSouthern Hospital for the Insane, located at Anna, Union County, founded by act of the Legislature in 1869. The original site comprised 290 acres and cost a little …

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Nevada State Hospital

WEBNevada State Hospital was established in 1885; it was the third asylum in Missouri. The first building to be built was the distinctive Kirkbride main building. Over …

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Bangor State Hospital

WEBThe Eastern Maine Insane Hospital was opened on July 1, 1901. It was built on a pastoral hill named 'Hepatica Hill' for its flowers overlooking the city of Bangor and the Penobscot …

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Colorado State Hospital

WEBThe Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo opened as the Colorado State Insane Asylum on October 23, 1879 on 40 acres of land in northwest Pueblo donated by …

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Moccasin Bend Psychiatric Hospital and Institute

WEBMoccasin Bend Mental Health Institute was established by the Tennessee State Legislature as one of five regional inpatient psychiatric facilities operated by the …

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Huntington State Hospital

WEBHuntington State Hospital. 1,300 (1960 pop.) Huntington Hospital was created by an act of the legislature in 1897, making it the second oldest hospital in the …

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New Mexico State Hospital

WEBThis facility was established in 1889. They admitted their first patient in 1893 in a modest three story building. The original building which housed the Insane Asylum …

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Elgin State Hospital

WEBElgin State Hospital's population had grown steadily with the addition of the new buildings. The census rose from 3172 in 1929, to 4433 in 1936, to 5253 in 1940. …

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Alton State Hospital

WEBThe Alton State Hospital Cemetery was established in 1918. According to the Alton Evening Telegraph, July 31, 1918, twenty people had already been buried in the …

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Madden Mental Health Center

WEBMadden Zone Center as it was known, served the central and south sections of Chicago and southern suburbs. On December 6th 1966 the first administrative and …

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Mendota Mental Health Institute

WEBMendota has been the "cradle" for the clinical education of hundreds of mental health professionals in Wisconsin and beyond. And Mendota provides for their …

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