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Terrell State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital located in Terrell, Texas, United States. Opened in 1885, it was originally known as the North Texas Lunatic Asylum . [ 1 ] The original hospital building was built according to the Kirkbride Plan .
Thomas Story Kirkbride, creator of the Kirkbride Plan. The establishment of state mental hospitals in the U.S. is partly due to reformer Dorothea Dix, who testified to the New Jersey legislature in 1844, vividly describing the state's treatment of lunatics; they were being housed in county jails, private homes, and the basements of public buildings.
It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North Texas State Hospital; though the facility houses those classified as "criminally insane" (such as Andrea Yates) the facility is under the supervision of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.
Location of Terrell County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Terrell County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Terrell County, Texas. There are four properties listed on the National Register in the county.
Before the volunteers started the project, the cemetery has become became overgrown and was mostly forgotten, apart from a misspelled sign that read “Outagamie County Insane Asylum Cemetary 1891 ...
Map. Map all coordinates ... Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum: Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum. April 24, 1986 : 1960 W. Broad St. ... Near Northside Historic District. June 4 ...
Traverse City State Hospital: Traverse City, Michigan: 1885 North Dakota State Hospital: Jamestown, North Dakota: 1885 Agnews Developmental Center: Santa Clara, California: 1885 Good Samaritan Hospital: Los Angeles, California: 1885 Terrell State Hospital: Terrell, Texas: 1885 St Joseph's Hospital: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Columbus State Hospital, also known as Ohio State Hospital for Insane, was a public psychiatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1838 and rebuilt in 1877. [1] The hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. [2] The building was said to have been the largest in the U.S. or the world, until the Pentagon was completed in 1943. [3] [4]