Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital
| Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Construction Began | 1948 |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Closed | 2020 |
| Current Status | Demolished |
| Building Style | Single Building |
| Location | Indianapolis, IN |
History[edit]
After World War 2, the state of Indiana decided it needed a separate facility for with children with psychological illnesses. The hospital was built at the Indiana University School of Medicine near downtown Indianapolis at 1350 West 10th Street for $4,700,000. Construction began in January 1948, with the first patients admitted in July 1952. In later years also housed adults to ease overcrowding at Central State Hospital several miles away. Through the late 1970's the hospital came under scrutiny for patient abuse complaints, it remained open however. During its tenure, the hospital saw the advent of many new drugs that completely changed the way the mentally ill were medically treated. Soon after the facility opened, thorazine and reserpine came into use. Other aspects of mental health emerged and staff at Larue Carter participated in pioneering research projects that studied autism.
The hospital moved from its previous location in 1996 to the now former Veterans Administration building on Cold Spring Rd. Indiana University demolished the building to make way for the new Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital. As of December 2020 the Cold Spring location is now closed, having its patients transferred to the new "Neuro-Diagnostic Institute" on the East side of Indianapolis in spring of 2019.
