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|Body= Historical photograph of the Kirkbride building at [[Kankakee State Hospital]]. The institution was established in 1877 and construction began in 1878 with the first patients admitted in 1879. The building features many of the typical Kirkbride plan features from a bell/clock tower, spread out wings of wards on either side of a central admin, and extensively planned grounds and gardens.  
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|Body= 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.      
 
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Revision as of 05:05, 11 April 2021

Featured Image Of The Week

Cherokee PC (1).jpg
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.