Difference between revisions of "Portal:Featured Image Of The Week"

From Asylum Projects
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{FIformat
 
{{FIformat
|Image= OsawatomiePC.JPG
+
|Image= Kenilworth3.png
 
|Width= 600px
 
|Width= 600px
|Body= In 1868, the Kansas legislature appropriated funds for a [[Osawatomie State Hospital|permanent treatment structure]] to replace all of the existing structures on the asylum grounds. State architect J.G. Haskell presented plans drawn according to the recommended design by Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride of Pennsylvania. The center of the building had twin turrets for administrative offices with extended wings offset right and left for patients. The wings were placed so that fresh air could reach them from both sides. As the 1868 Kirkbride plan for new buildings progressed over the next 18 years, the need for additional patient space presented a continual problem for the asylum.
+
|Body= Construction on the large, [[Kenilworth Sanitarium|three-story building]] started in 1903 and was completed in 1905. The sanitarium was built on ten acres of land and included six suites, with six to seven bedrooms in each suite. The sanitarium boasted modern conveniences such as electric lights, telephones, and an elevator. Because the sanitarium housed patients sent there on court orders, sections of the house were locked wards with barred windows. Despite these precautions, records of patient escapes are published in local newspapers. Patient suicides were also a problem, with one patient jumping from a third-floor window after running away from guards.  
 
}}
 
}}

Revision as of 06:46, 14 January 2024

Featured Image Of The Week

Kenilworth3.png
Construction on the large, three-story building started in 1903 and was completed in 1905. The sanitarium was built on ten acres of land and included six suites, with six to seven bedrooms in each suite. The sanitarium boasted modern conveniences such as electric lights, telephones, and an elevator. Because the sanitarium housed patients sent there on court orders, sections of the house were locked wards with barred windows. Despite these precautions, records of patient escapes are published in local newspapers. Patient suicides were also a problem, with one patient jumping from a third-floor window after running away from guards.