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(Fixed grammar and changed from Kirkbride to Single Building as the provided history does not list and support this hospital as following the kirkbride plan.)
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active as carrier clinic]]
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| building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]]
 
| architect(s) = John Joseph Kindred
 
| architect(s) = John Joseph Kindred
 
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==History==
 
==History==
established in 1910 as the Belle Mead  
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Established in 1910 as the Belle Mead farm Colony and sanatorium by Dr. John Joseph Kindred, the facility we now know as Carrier Clinic was initially brought to life via the inspiration “to establish and maintain a colony for the care and treatment of sick persons, and particularly for the care and treatment of nervous and mental diseases and also all allied diseases.” Even back then, Belle Mead in  
farm Colony and sanatorium by Dr.  
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Montgomery township, new Jersey, was the ideal place for such a farm colony, with its fertile land and convenient access to new York and  
John Joseph Kindred, the facility we  
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philadelphia where products could be easily transported via the philadelphia and reading railroad. Indeed, the first object listed in the Certificate of incorporation was to operate as a commercial farm.
now know as Carrier Clinic was initially  
 
brought to life via the inspiration  
 
“to establish and maintain a colony  
 
for the care and treatment of sick  
 
persons, and particularly for the care  
 
and treatment of nervous and mental  
 
diseases and also all allied diseases.”  
 
even back then, Belle Mead in  
 
Montgomery township, new Jersey,  
 
was the ideal place for such a farm  
 
colony, with its fertile land and  
 
convenient access to new York and  
 
philadelphia where products could be  
 
easily transported via the philadelphia  
 
and reading railroad.
 
indeed, the first object listed in the  
 
Certificate of incorporation was to  
 
operate as a commercial farm
 
  
 
== Images of Belle Mead Farm Colony & Sanatorium ==
 
== Images of Belle Mead Farm Colony & Sanatorium ==
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[[Category:Single Building]]
 
[[Category:Active Institution]]
 
[[Category:Active Institution]]
 
[[Category:Asylum Books]]
 
[[Category:Asylum Books]]
 
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]]
 
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]]

Revision as of 04:03, 8 May 2013

Belle Mead Farm Colony & Sanatorium
Belle Mead Sanatorium
Established 1910
Construction Began 1908
Construction Ended 1910
Opened 1910
Closed 1956
Demolished still in progress
Current Status Active as carrier clinic
Building Style Single Building
Architect(s) John Joseph Kindred
Location Belle Mead
Alternate Names
  • Carrier Clinic
  • East Mountain Hospital



History

Established in 1910 as the Belle Mead farm Colony and sanatorium by Dr. John Joseph Kindred, the facility we now know as Carrier Clinic was initially brought to life via the inspiration “to establish and maintain a colony for the care and treatment of sick persons, and particularly for the care and treatment of nervous and mental diseases and also all allied diseases.” Even back then, Belle Mead in Montgomery township, new Jersey, was the ideal place for such a farm colony, with its fertile land and convenient access to new York and philadelphia where products could be easily transported via the philadelphia and reading railroad. Indeed, the first object listed in the Certificate of incorporation was to operate as a commercial farm.

Images of Belle Mead Farm Colony & Sanatorium

Main Image Gallery: Belle Mead Farm Colony & Sanatorium



Books

  • “A Mind That Found Itself.” By Clifford Beers


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References