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Featured Article Of The Week
Patton State Hospital
In 1889 the California legislature approved the construction of Patton in order to provide care to those deemed mentally ill in southern California. The Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of California laid the cornerstone of the original building on December 15, 1890. At the time of its establishment, Patton was regarded as a state-of-the-art mental healthcare facility, designed along the Kirkbride plan —a popular design for large asylums in the 19th century. The Kirkbride, as the main building was called, was an elaborate and grandiose structure with extensive grounds, designed to promote a healthy environment in which to recover. Click here for more...
