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Arkansas State Hospital, originally known as Arkansas Lunatic Asylum, [1] is the sole public psychiatric hospital in the state of Arkansas, and is located in the city of Little Rock. It was established in 1883 and as of 2024, it is still active. Its main focus is on acute care rather than chronic illness. [2]
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Anchorage, Kentucky.Latitude and longitude coordinates of the 35 sites listed on this page may be displayed in a map or exported in several formats by clicking on one of the links in the adjacent box.
In 1876, it was called Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum. On January 2, 1912, the General Assembly, Commonwealth of Kentucky, officially renamed the facility Eastern State Hospital. During the 1960s there was a growth of the community mental health system throughout Kentucky until there was a center in most counties.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 50 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 31, 2025.
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.
Charles Jackson Circus Museum, Hopkinsville, collections now at the Pennyroyal Area Museum [34] Alben W. Barkley Museum, Paducah; Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science, Bowling Green, closed in 2012 [35] [36] Floyd Collins Museum, Cave City, closed in 2013 [37] Morris Toy Museum, Carrsville [38]
MOBILE, Ala. – On Thursday night, the Arkansas State Red Wolves defeated the Bowling Green Falcons in the 68 Ventures Bowl 38 to 31. The Red Wolves’ victory comes after winning seven games ...
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.