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  2. Asylum architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first purpose-built asylum in the United Kingdom was Bethel Hospital, Bethel Street in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Founded and built by Mary Chapman (1647–1724), who was the wife of Reverend Samuel Chapman and built wholly at her own expense in 1713. The plan for the building was along an "H" block architectural design style. [9] [10]

  3. Outagamie County Health Center - Wikipedia

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    In 1956, the existing 150-bed asylum was badly overcrowded and was hosting 268 patients; some wards had 11 to 14 patients per room. [35] The administration building of the asylum would be used as the center of six new dormitory wings, and once residents were moved into the new dormatories, the old would be razed behind them.

  4. Richardson Olmsted Complex - Wikipedia

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    The Richardson Olmsted Campus in Buffalo, New York, United States, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. [2] [3] The site was designed by the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson in concert with the famed landscape team of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 1800s, incorporating a system of treatment for people with mental illness developed by Dr. Thomas ...

  5. The history of the Outagamie County Asylum for the Chronic ...

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    Able-bodied residents were made to work long hours, milking cows, plowing the fields and tending to the gardens with few breaks. Those who were unfit for labor were often confined to sit or lay in ...

  6. Athens Lunatic Asylum - Wikipedia

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    The Athens Lunatic Asylum, now a mixed-use development known as The Ridges, [2] was a Kirkbride Plan mental hospital operated in Athens, Ohio, from 1874 until 1993.During its operation, the hospital provided services to a variety of patients including Civil War veterans, children, and those declared mentally unwell.

  7. Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Opened in 1869, the asylum offered low-cost custodial care. [4] The Willard drug treatment center was opened in 1995 on the campus of the former Willard Psychiatric State Hospital, a facility for mental patients. In 1995, some 400 suitcases that were brought in by the patients were discovered in an asylum attic. [5] [6]

  8. New York State Inebriate Asylum - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Inebriate Asylum, later known as Binghamton State Hospital, was the first institution designed and constructed to treat alcoholism as a mental disorder in the United States. [2] [3] Located in Binghamton, NY, its imposing Gothic Revival exterior was designed by New York architect Isaac G. Perry and construction was completed ...

  9. Carrington Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The Auckland Lunatic Asylum in the 1870s. In 1851 the original "special asylum" for Auckland received public support, and by 1853 Auckland's first asylum was built on the grounds of Auckland Hospital [3] However, by 1862 this building was overcrowded and consequently support was sought from the provincial government [4] In September 1863, architectural plans by a Mr Barrett from England were ...