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• Pennsylvania Hospital
  The Architecture of Madness-Insane Asylums in the United States, Yanni, Carla, University of Minnesota Press (2007)
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• Northampton State Hospital
  ...authorized in 1855 to relieve overcrowding in the Commonwealth's existing asylums at Worcester and Taunton, and especially to serve the population of the sta ...and as increasing numbers of aged senile patients were admitted to insane asylums.
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• Eastern State Hospital Lexington
  ...rooms that functioned as wards with several beds in each room, unlike most asylums which usually contained small individual cells. In their first report to th ...ration Building. Parties and dances were commonplace at nineteenth-century asylums. Frequently
  26 KB (4,092 words) - 05:20, 23 October 2022
• Western State Hospital Hopkinsville
  ...e population, at least 1,400 in Kentucky, of whom there is room in the two asylums for only 850, and both are full.
  6 KB (820 words) - 06:51, 11 October 2021
• Taunton State Hospital
  ...ww.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/taunton_ma/index.html Taunton @ Historic Asylums]
  7 KB (1,092 words) - 06:05, 23 October 2022
• Worcester State Hospital
  *''The Architecture of Madness : Insane Asylums in the United States'', by Carla Yanni. Minneapolis : University of Minneso ...eb.ancestry.com/~asylums/worcester_ma/ Worcester State Hospital @ Historic Asylums]
  22 KB (3,343 words) - 11:55, 21 April 2023
• Hastings State Hospital
  Hastings State Hospital was one of the two original state asylums in Minnesota. Its architectural organization was according to the cottage p
  3 KB (420 words) - 00:05, 28 May 2014
• Bartonville State Hospital
  *''The Architecture of Madness-Insane Asylums in the United States'' by Carla Yanni
  4 KB (607 words) - 12:26, 25 November 2022
• Nevada State Hospital
  ...ncestry.com/~asylums/nevada_mo/index.html Nevada State Hospital @ Historic Asylums]
  4 KB (580 words) - 03:37, 1 May 2022
• Hastings State Hospital Nebraska
  In the 1800s patients were admitted to the asylums for many of the same reasons that bring people into psychiatric care today.
  8 KB (1,282 words) - 08:51, 1 March 2021
• Concord State Hospital
  ...ives authorizing the appointment of an agent to examine and inspect sundry asylums for the insane and "Report a plan for an asylum in this state." The resolut
  35 KB (5,775 words) - 05:17, 23 October 2022
• Greystone Park State Hospital
  ...o a room. To reduce the likelihood of fires, Greystone and other Kirkbride asylums were constructed using stone, brick, slate and iron, using as little wood a ...y sections. Its self-sufficient design is a testament to the legacy of the asylums of its era. Like the layout and interior of the building, the Greystone gro
  14 KB (2,126 words) - 05:29, 23 October 2022
• Trenton State Hospital
  ...n similar to that in use at the Utica, Worcester, Northampton, and Taunton asylums was introduced. A large fan was set up in a room adjoining the boiler house The state asylums at Trenton and Morristown had their own Boards of Managers until the legisl
  55 KB (9,141 words) - 20:04, 1 December 2023
• Elgin State Hospital
  ...nd competent master of his profession in designing and constructing insane asylums – his plan proving to be all we anticipated when it was adapted.” Befor ...of window to floor space. This represented a departure in style since most asylums tended to be smaller and quadrangular in design. The front facade of a Kirk
  19 KB (3,036 words) - 15:21, 16 February 2021
• Kankakee State Hospital
  The Architecture of Madness-Insane Asylums in the United States, Yanni, Carla, University of Minnesota Press (2007)
  5 KB (718 words) - 05:32, 23 October 2022
• Manteno State Hospital
  ...lic Welfare. Having in mind that a large proportion of people committed to asylums came from Cook county, a location was chosen close to Chicago and yet outsi
  15 KB (2,262 words) - 05:35, 23 October 2022
• Central Islip State Hospital
  ...New York City in 1889. The patients were transferred from the crowded city asylums on Wards, Hart, and Blackwell Island. ...es.com/asylums/central-islip-state-hospital.html http://www.lioddities.com/Asylums/CI/history.htm]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Central
  6 KB (908 words) - 09:00, 27 July 2020
• Edgewood State Hospital
  ..., New York, on Long Island, New York, USA. It was one of four state mental asylums built on Long Island (the others being Kings Park, Central Islip, and Pilgr
  5 KB (798 words) - 05:21, 23 October 2022
• Gowanda State Hospital
  ...ilities. When it was discovered that drugs were much cheaper than hospital asylums,Gowanda closed very slowly over a period of time. In 1979 GSH lost its farm
  9 KB (1,346 words) - 16:57, 6 April 2021
• Hudson River State Hospital
  ...www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/ Hudson River State Hospital @ Historic Asylums] The Architecture of Madness-Insane Asylums in the United States, Yanni, Carla, University of Minnesota Press (2007)
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