Directory of Hospitals and Asylums Resources

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Buildings designed to lodge and care for the sick, injured, aged, infirm, disabled or mentally disordered. Medieval hospitals housing the poor, lepers, aged and infirm are included, even if medical care was minimal.

Subcategories

• Byberry State Hospital
• Kirkbride
• Medieval
• Tuberculosis Sanatoriums

Resources in This Category

• Binghamton State Hospital

  http://www.rodserling.com/bshospital.htm
  Donna Thomas reports on the preservation prospects of this former mental hospital building in New York, designed by Isaac Perry.

• Burleson Sanitarium History Page

  http://www.burlesonsanitarium.org/
  History of Grand Rapids, Michigan sanitarium devoted to rectal disorders.

• Edgewood State Hospital

  http://arrts-arrchives.com/edgwd.html
  Railroad-oriented page features some building photos of this Long Island, New York mental hospital which has long since been closed.

• Fairfield Hills State Hospital

  http://www.dobi.nu/fairfield/
  Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital.

• Fairfield State Hospital

  http://www.fairfieldstatehospital.com/
  Online history of Fairfield State Hospital in CT with photos.

• Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project

  http://lsph.atspace.com/
  Web site dedicated to the history of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Contains patient files, and photo galleries.

• Glore Psychiatric Museum. Roadside America

  http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2142
  Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site. St. Joseph, Missouri.

• Hastings Regional Center

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neadams/regional.htm
  Rootsweb page with history of Hastings Regional Center in Nebraska.

• Historic Asylums of America

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/
  An attempt to catalog and present America's historic state hospitals (insane asylums) founded in the latter half of the 19th century.

• History of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health

  http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/history.htm
  Illustrated history of South Carolina State Hospital and the State Department of Mental Health.

• Hospital Architecture In Montreal

  http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/
  Mcgill University provides a searchable database of images, a case study of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and a bibliography.

• Hospitals of Hamilton, Ontario

  http://www.hamiltonpostcards.com/pages/hospitals.html
  Pre-World War I postcard images of medical hospital, asylum, and sanatorium postcards in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

• Illinois State Institutions in the Early Days

  http://genealogytrails.com/ill/institution.htm
  Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and other populations.

• Kew Asylum Museum

  http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/asa97/KEWA.htm
  The Australian Science Academy Project explains its creation of a museum to document the history of this 19th-century former asylum in Victoria. Includes an illustrated history by Daniel Cass.

• LIRR State Hospital Spurs

  http://www.lirrhistory.com/hosp.html
  Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.

• New York State Inebriate Asylum

  http://nysasylum.com/
  Founded 1858 and designed by architect Isaac Perry. Now known as Binghamton State Hospital. Contains recent and vintage photos, historical info, rare documents, links, and forum.

• Normansfield Hospital (UK)

  http://www.miriam-may.com/
  Photo gallery of Normansfield Hospital, founded by John Langdon Down in 1868 for people with learning disabilities.

• Northville Tunnels

  http://www.wacots.org/nt/
  History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos.

• Norwich State Hospital

  http://www.dobi.nu/norwich/
  Gallery of modern photos.

• Owosso Sanitarium

  http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/gute.html
  Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan

• Pennsylvania Hospital: History: Virtual Tour

  http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour2.html
  Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads.

• Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Criminally Insane

  http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm?RecordId=CED328A7-48D2-440E-8A2B1A62BA8B184C
  Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

• Pilgrim State Hospital

  http://b.f11.org/photo/Pilgrim/
  Photographs of the abandoned buildings at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York.

• Poorhouse Story

  http://www.poorhousestory.com/
  Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.

• Public Hospital

  http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/almanack/places/hb/hbhos.cfm
  Official page for the museum in the reconstructed Public Hospital at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; first opened in 1773.

• Public Hospital in Colonial Williamsburg

  http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbhos.cfm
  Article about this early mental hospital in Virginia

• St. Joseph's Sanitarium and Bath House

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~detroitchurches/page64.htm
  Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near Detroit.

• The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Shrine

  http://www.crcmh.com/
  A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Maidenhead, England.

• The Changing Face of Borgess

  http://www.borgess.com/?pId=229
  Early history including architectural information of Borgess Hospital, founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1889.

• The History of Oak Grove Hospital

  http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch29/oakgrovehosp.html
  Vintage account at a genealogy site of the early history of the Oak Grove mental hospital in Flint, Michigan.

• The History of Rotherham's Hospitals

  http://micklebring.com/hospitals.htm
  Illustrated history of four United Kingdom hospitals.

• The Old Operating Theatre Museum

  http://www.thegarret.org.uk/
  Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its facilities, a virtual tour and mailing list.

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