Kirkbride Hospitals and Asylums Building Types History

Kirkbride Hospitals and Asylums Building Types History

Kirkbride

Mental hospitals designed on the plan recommendations of Thomas Story Kirkbride. This category includes web sites for non-Kirkbride-related features on mental hospital grounds that have or once had Kirkbride buildings.

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- Information on Thomas Story Kirkbride and his mental hospital plan. Includes photographs of several Kirkbride buildings.
- Page of photos of Weston State Hospital at the Weston Democrat newspaper site.
- Map, photos, and building listings of The Ridges section at Ohio University which was formerly the Athens mental hospital.
- Southeast Psychiatric Hospital in Ohio presents historic images and other information on the former Athens State Hospital.
- Article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from June 1999 about the former Weston State Hospital in West Virginia. The article gives equal attention to a police vandalism incident and plans to re-use the building.
- William Brody's paintings depicting now-demolished Pontiac Michigan asylum designed by Elijah Myers.
- Michigan Historical Markers page on asylum building designed by Elijah E. Myers and completed in 1878.
- Organization dedicated to the pservation of former mental hospital building designed by architect R. Snowden Andrews, located in West Virginia.
- Extensive photo gallery of Clinton Valley Center, formerly located in Pontiac, Michigan.
- Prospectus concerning re-use of former farmlands of Brattleboro Retreat in Vermont.
- The Preservation League of New York State describes four endangered asylum buildings.
- A photo gallery of the former Athens State Hospital buildings and grounds in Ohio.
- Sunday Gazette Mail article about Weston State Hospital in West Virginia - laser scanning and history
- Illustrated page of museum on the site of the former Kirkbride-plan Winnebago State Hospital in Wisconsin.
- Historic information along with modern and historic images of the former Pontiac State Hospital in Michigan.
- 1905 article about the history of Athens State Hospital in Ohio.
- Sequential photo gallery with recent images of the former administration building of Athens State Hospital in Ohio.
- Postcard image of annex at Elgin State Hospital in Illinois, accompanied by description of early history.
- Historic District web page with detailed description of this pioneering Philadelphia hospital and its history.
- Page by London Irwin featuring several historic postcard images of the old Nevada State Hospital.
- Philadelphia Business Journal article concerning re-use of Dr Kirkbride's mental hospital building.
- History of Brattleboro Retreat in Vermont, from the institution's web site.
- Illustrated history of Kirkbride building designed by Levi T. Scofield at former Athens State Hospital in Ohio. This building now houses the Kennedy Museum of Art.
- David Kohrman's web page with recent photographs of Michigan's oldest state hospital which is also the only one from the 19th century still in operation.
- Historic Medical Sites page concerning this federal government mental hospital in Washington, D.C., with recent photo of the center of the Kirkbride building.
- Community page with historic anecdotes from several submitters, and old postcard views.
- Expandable thumbnail photographs by Butch of this abandoned asylum in Pontiac, Michigan, prior to demolition.
- Interview with Ohio University archivist and Ridges expert Doug McCabe.
- Illustrated history of Kirkbride-plan Callan Mental Hospital in Sydney, Australia, later integrated into Rozelle Hospital.
- Buffalo Preservation Report article opposing a school plan on the site of the H.H. Richardson and Frederick Law Olmdsted - designed grounds of the Buffalo State Hospital in New York.
- April 20, 2003 article from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette concerning history and pending demolition of Dixmont State Hospital.
- Genealogy-related page featuring a vintage image of the administration building of Athens State Hospital in Ohio.
- Illustrated history of Callan Park Mental Hospital in Sydney, Australia, including the Kirkbride complex built in 1885.
- Chronological history of second oldest mental hospital in the United States, with many illustrations including photos of buildings and building plans.
- State of Indiana page containing several articles and many photographs of the history of this Indianapolis asylum.
- Ghost-oriented web site with history of former Athens, Ohio mental hospital
- Nomination to include Brattleboro Retreat in the National Register. Includes detailed survey of buildings and other historic features on the site.
- The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit site presents this well-documented and well-illustrated tour of the former Pontiac State Hospital (Clinton Valley Center) at a time when it had been partially demolished during 2000.
- Page with recent detailed photo and preservation status of abandoned state hospital in Weston, West Virginia
- Invitation to a tour of the former mental hospital grounds at Callan Park, Sydney, Australia. Includes a few photos.
- Minnesota Historical Society page with history, context, modern color photos, and links to related historic buildings.
- Illustrated text from speech by student Eric Root describing the history of former Athens State Hospital in Ohio.
- History of state hospital in West Virginia. Includes a photograph. Part of Roane County genealogy pages.

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