Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types, Hospitals and Asylums
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- History and genealogy information for Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
- Pre-World War I postcard images of medical hospital, asylum, and sanatorium postcards in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- A history with references by Charles Savona-Ventura. Covers civil and military, midwifery, naval and seaman's hospitals and hospices for the elderly.
- History and photographic exploration of this 19th-century institution in Northern New York that sheltered paupers and the mentally ill.
- History by Janell Cole of this state hospital opened in Jamestown in 1885.
- Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan
- Index page with web sites pertaining to poorhouses, sanatoria, and asylums
- A tribute project concerning the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston.
- History of Grand Rapids, Michigan sanitarium devoted to rectal disorders.
- Illustrated article by Mary Bailey from Detroit News on the history of the Eloise hospital near Detroit, Michigan.
- Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
- Galleries of recent asylum photos by Chris Payne,an architectural photographer who specializes in industrial ruins and vanishing building typologies.
- Photos of Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut.
- Historic photos of medical/spa sanitarium.
- A gazetteer of historic hospitals, dispensaries, spas and other medical heritage from the Bath and Wessex Medical History Group, arranged by county.
- History of this central New York State institution for the mentally ill located in Utica.
- The Australian Science Academy Project explains its creation of a museum to document the history of this 19th-century former asylum in Victoria. Includes an illustrated history by Daniel Cass.
- Recent aerial survey of the grounds of former Manteno State Hospital in Illinois.
- Early history including architectural information of Borgess Hospital, founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1889.
- Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.
- Robert Foster's site featuring photos and historic images of abandoned asylums in the United States. Also featuring over 300 asylum postcards and a page on asylum books.
- A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Maidenhead, England.
- Official page for the museum in the reconstructed Public Hospital at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; first opened in 1773.
- Intended as a resource for adoption research, this page contains a useful list of historic medical hospitals, sanitariums, and mental hospitals in Michigan.
- Photographs of the abandoned buildings at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York.
- Illustrated page with history and current preservation status of almshouse and asylum complex in Salem County, New Jersey.
- Timeline containing milestone dates for Tennessee institutions
- Railroad-oriented page features some building photos of this Long Island, New York mental hospital which has long since been closed.
- Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads.
- An online repository of photos, articles, records, and creative texts documenting the evolving life of the former City Hospital buildings in St. Louis.
- History of St Joseph medical hospital in Flint, Michigan; founded in 1920.
- The Massachusetts Film Office presents this former Waltham mental hospital for use in films. Page contains color photographs.
- Donna Thomas reports on the preservation prospects of this former mental hospital building in New York, designed by Isaac Perry.
- Page at a genealogy site with information on the founding of this institution.
- Site by John Vermette containing comments, photos, and other mental hospital (asylum) information.
- Page at Historic Peoria concerning this disused Central Illinois mental hospital's history and ghosts.
- Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital.
- BBC Beyond the Broadcast article about the history of an asylum constructed in the mid 19th century north of London, England.
- Illustrated history of four United Kingdom hospitals.
- Scholarly article from 1841 on the construction and management of hospitals for the insane.
- Photos of abandoned children's asylum buildings in Northville, Michigan called Wayne County Child Development Center. Now totally demolished. Also added is Clinton Valley Center from Pontiac, MI and Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City.
- Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site St. Joseph, Missouri.
- History of Western Washington State Hospital (Fort Steilacoom)
- Images of vintage postcards of several hospitals, sanitaria, sanatoria, and eldercare institutions in the state of New York.
- History page at Western State Hospital (Virginia) site, with many historic images.
- Official site of mental hospital in North Carolina. Contains history section and many historic images.
- Very extensive site offering a wide variety of information on this mental hospital in Wayne County in Michigan.
- History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos.
- Articles about demolition of Eloise Hospital near Detroit, Michigan.
- Lengthy list of the names and addresses of hospitals and related facilities extant in the Detroit, Michigan area in 1967
- Long Island, New York history page concerning Kings Park and other mental hospitals.
- Photo gallery by Dave Halbeck depicting disused Illinois asylum.
- Founded 1858 and designed by architect Isaac Perry. Now known as Binghamton State Hospital. Contains recent and vintage photos, historical info, rare documents, links, and forum.
- Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.
- Arizona state government page with history overview and sketch of this Kirkbride-like facility.
- Article about this early mental hospital in Virginia
- Extensive index of asylums in the United Kingdom.
- Illustrated Virginia university page describing the early history of two Virginia custodial institutions.
- Vintage photographs of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled on fire.
- Page of recent photographs of Brook Hospital, which dates to 1896, located in southeast London, United Kingdom.
- Page describing the architecture of this 19th century Italianate insane asylum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Illustrated with floor plan.
- Detroit News article concerning the status of the Ardmore Center mental hospital complex near Detroit, Michigan.
- Architectural history of administration building for institution for the developmentally disabled located in Newark, New York from 1873 to 1974.
- History, heritage and architecture former lunatic asylums and mental health care in the UK and the rest of the world.
- Illustrated history of Hartwood and other old Scotland mental hospitals.
- Documentary of Fairfield Hills, Located in Newtown, CT., with images, interviews, history , message boards and
- Page at Public Health Museum site concerning main building of Tewksbury State Hospital, constructed in 1894 in the Queen Anne style to the design of Boston architect John A. Fox.
- Mcgill University provides a searchable database of images, a case study of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and a bibliography.
- Donna Hensley designs a bat house for Eastern State Hospital grounds in Medical Lake, Washington. Several photographs.
- Historic postcard images of the hospitals, asylum, and poor farm in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near Detroit.
- This ghost-hunting page provides a history and recent photographs of this one-time mountainside tuberculosis sanitarium near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- History page at the Fulton State Hospital site. Includes a photo of building at this Missouri institution.
- History of this 1861 Gothic Revival building, once Australia's first lunatic asylum, now a museum.
- Genealogy-related page about the early institutions in Detroit, Michigan.
- Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and other populations.
- Promotes studies related to the historical evolution of hospitals from their beginnings to the present day. Conferences, advisory board, newsletters, membership form.
- Photographs of people working in The IJsselland Ziekenhuis in Capelle a/d IJssel (Netherlands) by Janssen & De Kievith Fotografie
- Paragraph and several recent photos of building exteriors at this abandoned Illinois mental institution.
- Photographs of dissused mental health building complex in New York.
- Vintage account at a genealogy site of the early history of the Oak Grove mental hospital in Flint, Michigan.
- Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its facilities, a virtual tour and mailing list.
- History of former county asylums in Gloucester, UK: Horton Road and Coney Hill.
- Through articles, photographs, and video, this site documents the now-defunct Kings Park Psychiatric Center on Long Island, New York.
- Rootsweb page with history of Hastings Regional Center in Nebraska.
- The Manteno Project, information and photographs about the history of the Manteno State Hospital (aka the Manteno Mental Health Center), in Manteno, Illinois.
- Illustrated history of South Carolina State Hospital and the State Department of Mental Health.
- A Dark Passage expedition to the historic Hudson River State Hospital, a Gothic Revival mental institution dating from 1868.
- The Verona Springs Sanitarium was built on Spring House road, near the town of Lowell in the town of Westmoreland, New York. In 1903 it burnt down never to be replaced. This site is dedicated to the memory of the building.
- History of several historic St Louis, Missouri institutions.
- Images of four mental hospital complexes in Long Island, New York.
- Photo gallery of Normansfield Hospital, founded by John Langdon Down in 1868 for people with learning disabilities.
- In the grounds of Madison State Hospital has displays illuminating the history of this mental hospital, created by the Jefferson County Historical Society.
- An old Museum of London exhibition telling the fascinating 750-year-old story of Bethlem Royal Hospital, popularly known as 'Bedlam', the world's oldest institution caring for people with mental disorders.
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