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WebO nce state-of-the-art mental healthcare facilities, Kirkbride buildings have long been relics of an obsolete therapeutic method known as Moral Treatment. In the latter half of the …

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Cherokee State Hospital

WebHenry F. Liebbe of Des Moines was the architect. An early description of the hospital provides a good sense of the size and complexity of these structures by listing items …

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Independence State Hospital

WebT he Kirkbride in Independence, Iowa opened in 1873 as the Iowa Hospital for the Insane. It was the second asylum built in the state, the first being in Mount Pleasant.Independence …

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Winnebago State Hospital

WebConstruction of the Winnebago State Hospital Kirkbride began just outside of Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871. The institution was placed on the shore of Lake Winnebago. It began …

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Mendota State Hospital

WebThe Mendota Kirkbride was demolished some time in the 20th century. In 1935 the facility was renamed Mendota State Hospital. The patient population reached its peak of 1300 in …

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Kalamazoo State Hospital

WebA t the urging of Governor Epaphroditus Ransom, Michigan's legislature commissioned an insane asylum to treat the state's mentally ill in 1848. Kalamazoo was chosen to become …

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Jacksonville State Hospital

WebThe asylum was built near the town of Jacksonville in Morgan County, and opened in 1851, although construction of its Kirkbride building continued for a short while afterward. In …

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Cherokee State Hospital * Asylum Architecture, History, …

WebI’ve added a page for Cherokee State Hospital.The photos date from the same trip in 2004 when I visited Clarinda and Independence.Like the other two …

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Western Hospital for the Insane

WebDiscussion. Robbie D. Jones May 12, 2010, 4:08 pm. Western State Mental Hospital at Bolivar, Tennessee, was indeed built on the Kirkbride Plan. It was designed …

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Clarinda State Hospital

WebMy mother was an RN at the MHI (Mental Health Institute) for 20 years and I always wanted to photograph the grounds. For those who’ve never been there, the …

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Mount Pleasant State Hospital

WebO riginally known as the Iowa Lunatic Asylum, Mount Pleasant State Hospital opened in 1861. It was the first public asylum in the state of Iowa, and was built between 1855 and …

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Thomas Story Kirkbride

WebThomas Story Kirkbride was born July 31, 1809 to Quaker parents in rural Pennsylvania. After his formal education at University of Pennsylvania Medical School (1828 - 1832), …

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The Meteor – Bryce Hospital Newspaper

WebOur little paper, gotten up for the benefit of the patients of the Alabama Insane Hospital and to give the patrons of the institution an insight into some details of its …

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Elgin State Hospital

WebE lgin State Hospital opened as the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane in 1872. The architect of the Kirkbride building was Stephen Vaughn Shipman. Shipman also …

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Anna State Hospital * Asylum Architecture, History, Preservation

WebGeorge W. Hines, my great grandmother’s brother is buried at Anna State Hosp on 12 Jul 1946. He died 11 Jul 1946 — Road Dist 5, Union Co, Illinois. He resided …

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City of the Sick * Asylum Architecture, History, Preservation

WebFascinating.. campy, but fascinating. I understand the nationalistic impulses of the Cold War as well as the ever lasting need to justify the expense of the state hospital system was …

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Clarinda State Hospital

WebClarinda State Hospital. In 1884 a state commission selected Clarinda as the future home of Iowa's third insane asylum, which was planned to relieve overcrowding at the asylums in …

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Saint Joseph State Hospital

WebI n 1872, the Missouri General Assembly approved the creation of a second state asylum, and a location east of Saint Joseph was selected. Saint Joseph State Hospital began …

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Athens State Hospital

WebAlthough the main administration building and some sections of the patient wings have been renovated, much of the Kirkbride is still empty and awaiting reuse. Like many other …

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