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Central State Hospital, formerly referred to as the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane, was a psychiatric treatment hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.The hospital was established in 1848 to treat patients from anywhere in the state, but by 1905, with the establishment of psychiatric hospitals in other parts of Indiana, Central State served only the counties in the middle of the state.
The old pathology building was still in excellent shape, and all its records remained usable because a few doctors used the buildings in a token manner just to state that it was still in use. In 1969, the Indiana Medical History Museum was established, using the old pathology building.
Wyoming State Insane Asylum in Evanston, Wyoming. Asylum architecture in the United States, including the architecture of psychiatric hospitals, affected the changing methods of treating the mentally ill in the nineteenth century: the architecture was considered part of the cure. Doctors believed that ninety percent of insanity cases were ...
The Kirkbride Plan was a system of mental asylum design advocated by American psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride (1809–1883) in the mid-19th century. The asylums built in the Kirkbride design, often referred to as Kirkbride Buildings (or simply Kirkbrides), were constructed during the mid-to-late-19th century in the United States.
Logansport State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Logansport, Indiana, United States. Administration Building in early 1900s. It was founded July 1, 1888, as the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane and is Indiana's oldest operating psychiatric hospital. [1] Its first superintendent was Dr. J.G. Rogers.
The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital . Modern psychiatric hospitals evolved from and eventually replaced the older lunatic asylum.
New Albany, Indiana: ca. 1813-1814 Residence Oldest building in New Albany. Built by one of the town's founders Joel Scribner Aunt Lucy Detraz House: Vevay, Indiana: ca. 1814 Residence Barrett-Gate House: New Harmony, Indiana: ca. 1814 Residence David McCormick Tavern: Vevay, Indiana: ca. 1814 Commercial/ Residence Eigner Barn: New Harmony ...
Location of Wayne County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...