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| name = Cherokee State Hospital
 
| name = Cherokee State Hospital
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| alt = Cherokee State Hospital
 
| alt = Cherokee State Hospital
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| caption = Postcard image of the main building.
 
| established =
 
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| construction_began = 1884
 
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]  
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]/[[Preserved Institution|Preserved]]  
 
| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
 
| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
 
| architect(s) = Henry F. Liebbe  
 
| architect(s) = Henry F. Liebbe  
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| location = Cherokee, Iowa
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| architecture_style = Kirkbride Plan
 
| peak_patient_population = 1,725 in 1945  
 
| peak_patient_population = 1,725 in 1945  
 
| alternate_names =<br>
 
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*Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane
 
*Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane
 
*Cherokee Mental Health Center  
 
*Cherokee Mental Health Center  
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*Cherokee Mental Health Institute
 
*Iowa Lunatic Asylum
 
*Iowa Lunatic Asylum
 
*Cherokee Lunatic Asylum  
 
*Cherokee Lunatic Asylum  
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==History==
 
==History==
This hospital was the last of the four state mental hospitals to be built in Iowa and the only one where the main building, a connected complex in echelon plan, was fully completed before the hospital was opened to patients. The architects were an Iowa firm, Josselyn and Taylor, and the overall form and massing of component portions of the building suggests a French chateau, while the small-scale decorative motifs are those of the Queen Anne Revival Style. The functional arrangements reflect a moderately conservative approach for the times in the care of mental illness.
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The Cherokee State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Cherokee Iowa. It is currently the fourth and last institution to be built in Iowa. It is still in operation with a special treatment program for drug addicts and alcoholics. It is preserved to look like it did when it first opened. This hospital was the last of the four state mental hospitals to be built in Iowa and the only one where the main building, a connected complex in Kirkbride plan, was fully completed before the hospital was opened to patients. The architects were an Iowa firm, Josselyn and Taylor, and the overall form and massing of component portions of the building suggests a French chateau, while the small-scale decorative motifs are those of the Queen Anne Revival Style. The functional arrangements reflect a moderately conservative approach for the times in the care of mental illness.
  
 
From the "BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, From Iowa Official Register 1909-1910" pages 262-269
 
From the "BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, From Iowa Official Register 1909-1910" pages 262-269

Revision as of 05:07, 1 March 2011

Cherokee State Hospital
Cherokee State Hospital
Postcard image of the main building.
Construction Began 1884
Opened 1902
Current Status Active/Preserved
Building Style Kirkbride Plan
Architect(s) Henry F. Liebbe
Location Cherokee, Iowa
Architecture Style Kirkbride Plan
Peak Patient Population 1,725 in 1945
Alternate Names
  • Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane
  • Cherokee Mental Health Center
  • Cherokee Mental Health Institute
  • Iowa Lunatic Asylum
  • Cherokee Lunatic Asylum



History

The Cherokee State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Cherokee Iowa. It is currently the fourth and last institution to be built in Iowa. It is still in operation with a special treatment program for drug addicts and alcoholics. It is preserved to look like it did when it first opened. This hospital was the last of the four state mental hospitals to be built in Iowa and the only one where the main building, a connected complex in Kirkbride plan, was fully completed before the hospital was opened to patients. The architects were an Iowa firm, Josselyn and Taylor, and the overall form and massing of component portions of the building suggests a French chateau, while the small-scale decorative motifs are those of the Queen Anne Revival Style. The functional arrangements reflect a moderately conservative approach for the times in the care of mental illness.

From the "BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, From Iowa Official Register 1909-1910" pages 262-269 Superintendent-M. NELSON VOLDENG, M.D. First Assistant Physician-BENJAMIN R. McALLASTER, M.D. Second Assistant Physician-T.L. LONG, M.D. Third Assistant Physician-HARRY D. EARL, M.D. Woman Physician-LENA A. BEECH, M.D. Steward-A.J. RAE Matron-ELLA McNIVEN

The allowance for support is $15 per capita until population exceeds 600, then $14 per capita per month until population exceeds 750, when it is reduced to $13 per capita per month. When the population exceeds 900 the per capita per month allowance is to be $12. The excess over $12 per capita per month is paid from the state treasury.

This institution was the place where Dr. Walter Freeman, "The Lobotomist" had killed a patient when he stepped back for a photo.[1]

Images of Cherokee State Hospital

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