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| alt = St. Joseph State Hospital | | alt = St. Joseph State Hospital | ||
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− | | construction_began = 1874 | + | | construction_began = 1874 as a Correctional Facility and a new psychiatric building |
| construction_ended = | | construction_ended = | ||
− | | opened = | + | | opened = |
| closed = | | closed = | ||
| demolished = | | demolished = | ||
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] | | current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] | ||
− | | building_style = [[ | + | | building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] |
| architect(s) = | | architect(s) = | ||
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| peak_patient_population = 3,000 in the 1950s | | peak_patient_population = 3,000 in the 1950s | ||
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− | + | State Lunatic Asylum #2 | |
− | + | Missouri State Hospital for the Insane | |
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The story begins in 1872 when Missouri’s State Legislature approved $200,000 for the building of a Lunatic Asylum and St. Joseph citizens convinced the legislature to locate it just east of their city. Opening its doors on November 9, 1874, the hospital was called the State Hospital for the Insane No.2, or more familiarly named the Lunatic Asylum #2. Beginning with 25 patients, the first hospital superintendent described the institution as "the noble work of reviving hope in the human heart and dispelling the portentous clouds that penetrate the intellects of minds diseased.” And so it was for the next 127 years. | The story begins in 1872 when Missouri’s State Legislature approved $200,000 for the building of a Lunatic Asylum and St. Joseph citizens convinced the legislature to locate it just east of their city. Opening its doors on November 9, 1874, the hospital was called the State Hospital for the Insane No.2, or more familiarly named the Lunatic Asylum #2. Beginning with 25 patients, the first hospital superintendent described the institution as "the noble work of reviving hope in the human heart and dispelling the portentous clouds that penetrate the intellects of minds diseased.” And so it was for the next 127 years. | ||
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By the early 1990’s the majority of the patients of the asylum had been released back into society with the help of modern medications. In August, 1994, the state of Missouri approved a bond that allowed for the large asylum campus and hospital to be converted into a correctional facility. By July, 1997 a new state-of-the-art building was completed across the street from the original campus and the new Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation opened with 108 beds. | By the early 1990’s the majority of the patients of the asylum had been released back into society with the help of modern medications. In August, 1994, the state of Missouri approved a bond that allowed for the large asylum campus and hospital to be converted into a correctional facility. By July, 1997 a new state-of-the-art building was completed across the street from the original campus and the new Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation opened with 108 beds. | ||
− | It was also in 1997 that Glore’s Psychiatric Museum was forced to move from the campus and soon relocated to a 1968 building that once served as a clinic for patients at the mental hospital, which now sits right outside the prison fence. The Western Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center opened on the old asylum campus in 1999, now confining over 1,800 inmates.<ref>[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ From the LEGENDS OF AMERICA web site]</ref> | + | It was also in 1997 that Glore’s Psychiatric Museum was forced to move from the campus and soon relocated to a 1968 building that once served as a clinic for patients at the mental hospital, which now sits right outside the prison fence. The Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center opened on the old asylum campus in 1999, now confining over 1,800 inmates.<ref>[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ From the LEGENDS OF AMERICA web site]</ref> |
== Images of St. Joseph State Hospital == | == Images of St. Joseph State Hospital == | ||
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*[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/saintjoseph/ St. Joseph State Hospital @ Kirkbride Buildings] | *[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/saintjoseph/ St. Joseph State Hospital @ Kirkbride Buildings] | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/stjoseph_mo/index.html St. Joseph State Hospital @ Historic Asylum] | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/stjoseph_mo/index.html St. Joseph State Hospital @ Historic Asylum] | ||
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[[Category:Missouri]] | [[Category:Missouri]] | ||
[[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]] | [[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]] | ||
[[Category:Active Institution]] | [[Category:Active Institution]] | ||
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