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Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center (1921–2015) Agnews State Mental Hospital (1885–2011) Camarillo State Mental Hospital (1936–1997) Fairview Developmental Center, Costa Mesa (1959–present) [18] Porterville Developmental Center (1953–present) [19] Canyon Springs Developmental Center (2000–present) [20]
The Independence State Hospital was built in 1873 as the second asylum in the state of Iowa. It is located in Independence, Iowa . The original plan for patients was to relieve crowding from the hospital at Mount Pleasant and to hold alcoholics, geriatrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane.
By the late 1970s, urban decay had spread rapidly through St. Louis, described in vivid terms by Kenneth T. Jackson, historian of suburban development: [St. Louis is] a premier example of urban abandonment. Once the fourth largest city in America, the "Gateway to the West" is now twenty-seventh, a ghost of its former self.
Janeway Children's Hospital Heliport St. John's 47°35′23″N 052°41′18″W / 47.58972°N 52.68833°W / 47.58972; -52.68833 ( Janeway Children's Hospital (abandoned
Over the first half of the 20th century the facility was expanded, growing to 72 buildings on 662 acres (268 ha) of land. [2] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] Since then, its population has continued to decline, and the state in 2008 announced plans to close the facility.
The Eighth Street location was abandoned when the new hospital opened in December 1919. The old building was converted to apartments. Major expansions occurred at the hospital in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s. [5] St. Luke's worked toward consolidating with Mercy Hospital in 1975 and 1976, but in the end, they remained separate.
Abandoned since 1970 until its restoration in 2015 Franklin H. Walker House: 1896 Neo-Jacobean: Mason & Rice: Detroit: Transformed into Michigan Mutual Liability Hospital and demolished in 1990 Charles Lang Freer House: 1892 Shingle: Wilson Eyre: Detroit: Today, a Wayne State University campus building George Jerome House: 1877 Second Empire ...
Downtown and North Dubuque, Iowa, looking north from the Fourth Street Elevator. The city of Dubuque, Iowa stretches back over 200 years, when Julien Dubuque first settled in the area in the late 18th century. Within the modern era, the city has focused on subjects such as flooding, racial issues, and redevelopment. First European Settlement Dubuque was the first permanent European settlement ...