Fort Worth Narcotics Hospital

Fort Worth Narcotics Hospital
Established	1929
Opened	1938
Current Status	Active
Building Style	Rambling Plan
Alternate Names	U.S. Public Health Service Hospital National Institute of Mental Health Federal Corrections Institution Ft. Worth

History

From the Bureau of Prisons website: Opened as the Fort Worth Narcotics Hospital, October 28, 1938, pursuant to the Narcotic Farms Act (45 Stat. 1085), January 19, 1929, as one of two narcotics treatment facilities (the other was at Lexington, KY) under the Narcotics Division, Office of the Surgeon General, PHS, for addicted federal prisoners. Began accepting neuropsychiatric patients in 1942. Placed under NIMH, 1967, and designated a clinical research center. Closed, with facility transferred to Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, 1971.

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