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- 1935 New York Hospitals - Listing of general hospitals, state hospitals, sanitaria, and related institutions as of 1935 in the state of New York.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Directory/1935.Hosp.NYState.html
- Abandoned Hospital Info - Page of recent photographs of Brook Hospital, which dates to 1896, located in southeast London, United Kingdom.
mysite.freeserve.com/offkilter/page3.html
- Abandoned Insane Asylums - Robert Foster's site featuring photos and historic images of abandoned asylums in the United States.
www.abandonedasylum.com
- Abandoned Memories - Photos of abandoned insane asylum buildings in Northville, Michigan
www.angelfire.com/art/asylum23
- Asylum's Tale - Article about history and preservation status of mental institution in Tasmania dating back to the 1830's.
www.ahc.gov.au/news/mediareleases/2001/asylum.html
- Bangor in Focus: Bangor Mental Health Institute - A illustrated history by Ryan R. Robbins of Maine's second state mental hospital, opened in 1901.
www.bangor-info.com/Focus/focus_bmhi.html
- Bartonville State Hospital - Page at Historic Peoria concerning this disused Central Illinois mental hospital's history and ghosts.
www.historicpeoria.com/select.cfm?chose=127
- Binghamton Psychiatric Center - Ron Clupper at Tier.net presents the history of this New York state asylum, along with modern photographs of the buildings and grounds. This includes the Castellated Gothic main building designed in 1858 to the design of Isaac Perry.
www.tier.net/funfree/041698.asp
- Binghamton State Hospital - Donna Thomas reports on the preservation prospects of this former mental hospital building in New York, designed by Isaac Perry.
www.rodserling.com/bshospital.htm
- Cane Hill - Page with historic photos, trivia and exploration reports concerning a huge former mental hospital in South London in the United Kingdom.
www.urbex.org.uk/projects/cane/index.shtml
- Caring for the Mentally Ill - Long Island, New York history page concerning Kings Park and other mental hospitals.
www.lihistory.com/6/hs620a.htm
- Central State Hospital Museum - Page with contact and tour information for Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia.
turing.gcsu.edu/~jma/edres/csh-1.htm
- Creating Hospitals: Architecture in Context, 1700-2000 - A conference at the University of East Anglia 8-9 November 2002.
www.uea.ac.uk/his/wellcome/arch_call.htm
- Diversatech - Manteno State Hospital - Recent aerial survey of the grounds of former Manteno State Hospital in Illinois.
jewfish.net/thumbs.php?dir=aerial/diversatech
- DMHDD Milestones in Tennessee - Timeline containing milestone dates for Tennessee institutions
www.state.tn.us/mental/history/MHDDchronology.html
- Dorothea Dix Hospital - Official site of mental hospital in North Carolina. Contains history section and many historic images.
www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/DIX/index.html
- Early St. Louis Hospitals, Homes, and Asylums - History of several historic St Louis, Missouri institutions.
genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/hospitals.htm
- Eastern State Hospital Bat Project - Donna Hensley designs a bat house for Eastern State Hospital grounds in Medical Lake, Washington. Several photographs.
www.geology.ewu.edu/bats/esh.htm
- Edgewood State Hospital - Railroad-oriented page features some building photos of this Long Island, New York mental hospital which has long since been closed.
arrts-arrchives.com/edgwd.html
- Eloise: The Poorhouse that Became an Asylum - Illustrated article by Mary Bailey from Detroit News on the history of the Eloise hospital near Detroit, Michigan.
detnews.com/history/eloise/eloise.htm
- Fairfield Hills State Hospital - Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital.
www.dobi.nu/fairfield
- Featured New York Postcards - Health Care - Images of vintage postcards of several hospitals, sanitaria, sanatoria, and eldercare institutions in the state of New York.
vintageviews.org/vv-ny/_Old_Features/12_01.html
- Flint Timeline Project - St.Joseph Hospital - History of St Joseph medical hospital in Flint, Michigan; founded in 1920.
www.flint.lib.mi.us/timeline/civics-buildings-01-00/stjoseph.html
- Franklin County Poorhouse - History and photographic exploration of this 19th-century institution in Northern New York that sheltered paupers and the mentally ill.
angelfire.com/ny3/sunshyn178/poorhouse.html
- Fremantle Arts Centre and History Museum - History of this 1861 Gothic Revival building, once Australia's first lunatic asylum, now a museum.
www.q-net.net.au/~ghosts/fremantle_arts_.htm
- Fulton State Hospital History - History page at the Fulton State Hospital site. Includes a photo of building at this Missouri institution.
www.modmh.state.mo.us/fulton/history.htm
- Glenn Dale Hospital - The history, current status, and future uses of this closed mental hospital complex in Maryland. Includes articles and photographs.
www.glenndalehospital.com
- Glore Psychiatric Museum. Roadside America - Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site St. Joseph, Missouri.
www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MOSTJglor.html
- Gloucester Asylums - History of former county asylums in Gloucester, U.K.: Horton Road and Coney Hill.
www.gloucesterasylums.co.uk
- Hartwood Hospital - Illustrated history of Hartwood and other old Scotland mental hospitals.
web.ukonline.co.uk/scotlandgenealogy/hartwood_hospital_was_in_its_hey.htm
- Hastings Regional Center - Rootsweb page with history of Hastings Regional Center in Nebraska.
www.rootsweb.com/~neadams/regional.htm
- History - Newark State Administration Building - Newark NY - Architectural history of administration building for institution for the developmentally disabled located in Newark, New York from 1873 to 1974.
www.cgazette.com/towns/Newark/history/adminbld.htm
- History of Arizona State Hospital - Arizona state government page with history overview and sketch of this Kirkbride-like facility.
www.hs.state.az.us/ash/history.htm
- History of Eastern State Hospital (Virginia) - Eastern State Hospital pages on the history of institution founded in 1773 in Williamsburg. Extensively illustrated and annotated with hyperlinks.
www.esh.tni.net/history.htm
- History of South Carolina DMH - Illustrated history of South Carolina State Hospital and the State Department of Mental Health.
www.state.sc.us/dmh/history.htm
- Hospitals and Hospices in the Maltese Islands - A history with references by Charles Savona-Ventura. Covers civil and military, midwifery, naval and seaman's hospitals and hospices for the elderly.
www.geocities.com/hotsprings/2615/medhist/hosp-table.htm
- Hospitals in Great Yarmouth, UK - A list of hospitals from medieval to modern, with brief histories and references to surviving records, from Norfolk Record Office.
www.norfolk.gov.uk/council/departments/nro/nroyar14.htm
- Hospitals in New Mexico, 1912 - This page provides a list of New Mexico hospitals and institutions as of 1912.
members.aol.com/CensusResearch/PLS/NewMexico1912.htm
- Hospitals of Hamilton, Ontario - Pre-World War I postcard images of medical hospital, asylum, and sanatorium postcards in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
www.geocities.com/postcardfan/pages/hospitals.html
- Hudson River State Hospital - A Dark Passage expedition to the historic Hudson River State Hospital, a Gothic Revival mental institution dating from 1868.
www.darkpassage.com/forays/hudson.html
- Illinois State Institutions in the Early Days - Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and other populations.
www.iltrails.org/institution.htm
- International Network for the History of Hospitals - Promotes studies related to the historical evolution of hospitals from their beginnings to the present day. Conferences, advisory board, newsletters, membership form.
www.inhh.homestead.com
- Investigation of Boyds Sanitarium - This ghost-hunting page provides a history and recent photographs of this one-time mountainside tuberculosis sanitarium near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
www.sgha.net/boyds.html
- Kew Asylum Museum - 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.
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/asa97/KEWA.htm
- Kings Park Psychiatric Center - Through articles, photographs, and video, this site documents the now-defunct Kings Park Psychiatric Center on Long Island, New York.
www.variousdirections.com/~sera/webpage/index.html
- LIRR State Hospital Spurs - Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.
www.lirrhistory.com/hosp.html
- Livonia Struggles to Revive Site of Abandoned Ardmore - Detroit News article concerning the status of the Ardmore Center mental hospital complex near Detroit, Michigan.
www.detnews.com/2002/wayne/0205/13/c03-487369.htm
- Lost Las Vegas - Insane Asylum - History page at Lost Las Vegas concerning the administration building of this New Mexico insane asylum.
www.nmhu.edu/research/cchp/tours/lost/photo36.htm
- Manteno State Hospital - Paragraph and several recent photos of building exteriors at this abandoned Illinois mental institution.
www.urbanlens.com/files/msh/msh.html
- Manteno State Mental Hospital - Transform Art - Photo gallery by Dave Halbeck depicting disused Illinois asylum.
transformart.com/dhalbe/manteno
- Medical Heritage of Great Britain - A gazetteer of historic hospitals, dispensaries, spas and other medical heritage from the Bath and Wessex Medical History Group, arranged by county.
www.medicalheritage.co.uk
- Metropolitan State Hospital - The Massachusetts Film Office presents this former Waltham mental hospital for use in films. Page contains color photographs.
www.magnet.state.ma.us/film/feefree/metrosh.htm
- Michigan Historical Hospitals - Intended as a resource for adoption research, this page contains a useful list of historic medical hospitals, sanitariums, and mental hospitals in Michigan.
www.michiganadoption.com/Players&Places/Hospitals/historical_hospitals.htm
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center - History of this central New York State institution for the mentally ill located in Utica.
www.rny.com/town/points/144mohawkvalleypsychiatric.html
- New Jersey Medical History Postcard Collection - List of vintage postcards of New Jersey hospitals and institutions, illustrated with several examples.
www.umdnj.edu/librweb/speccoll/POSTCARD.htm
- Newark State School - History of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled, with historic postcard image.
www.cgazette.com/towns/Newark/history/NHIST03.htm
- Newark State School - Vintage photographs of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled on fire.
www.genquest.com/newarkstateschool.htm
- Newark State School - History of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled, from the Wayne County history pages.
members.aol.com/wchs4943history/page10.html
- Northern State Hospital - Illustrated history of Northern State Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
www.geocities.com/skagitjournal/NorthernState1.html
- Northville Tunnels - History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos.
forgottendetroit.iwarp.com/Northville_Tunnels.htm
- Norwich State Hospital - Photos of Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut.
www.dobi.nu/photos/urban/norwich
- Origins of Therapeutic Landscape Design in Ontario - Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital - Extensively documented article from the 1998 Congress of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
www.apa.umontreal.ca/gadrat/formcont/seminaire98/conferences/Paine/Paine.htm
- Owosso Sanitarium - Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan
www.angelfire.com/pop/1955/sanitarium.html
- Pemanent Exhibitions of the Jefferson County Historical Society - The lower half of this page features information on the Madison State Hospital Museum.
www.seidata.com/~jchs/museum.htm
- Pennsylvania Hospital: History: Virtual Tour - Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads.
www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour2.html
- Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Criminally Insane - Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm?RecordId=CED328A7-48D2-440E-8A2B1A62BA8B184C
- Peoria State Hospital - Illinois state history page concerning Peoria State Hospital (Bartonville Asylum)
www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/Projects/IllinoisAlive/files/zm/htm1/zm000007.html
- Poorhouse Story - Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.
www.poorhousestory.com
- Public Hospital in Colonial Williamsburg - Article about this early mental hospital in Virginia
www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbhos.cfm
- Ribbon Cutting at Eastern Shore Hospital Center - Transcription of a 2001 speech by Maryland governor Parris Glendening concerning the redesign of this Maryland mental hospital.
www.gov.state.md.us/gov/speech/2001/html/ribbon.html
- Rockland Psych - Photographs of dissused mental health building complex in New York.
www.midnightsociety.com/web/Abandoned/Rockland/rockland.html
- Rossbret Asylums Website - Extensive index of asylums in the United Kingdom.
www.asylums.org.uk
- Salem County Almshouse and Asylum - Illustrated page with history and current preservation status of almshouse and asylum complex in Salem County, New Jersey.
www.njcool.net/PSI/Almshouse.htm
- Sample Entries Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center - Page from the Encyclopedia of New York State concerning former mental hospital in Utica.
www.nyhistory.com/encyclopedia/entries/Mohawk_Valley_Psychiatric_Center/mohawk_valley_psychiatric_Center.htm
- St. Joseph's Sanitarium and Bath House - Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near Detroit.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~detroitchurches/page64.htm
- Tales Of Eloise - Enter the Eloise archives. Dedicated to the Eloise institution in Westland, Michigan. Chronicles the 150 year history from beginning to end.
eloisemi.tripod.com
- The Asylum Opens its Doors - Illustrated history of Utica and Marcy asylums in central New York State.
websrv.ucsu.edu/facstaff/tbrown/times/events/upc.htm
- The Building Design: Saint John Lunatic Asylum - Page describing the architecture of this 19th century Italianate insane asylum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Illustrated with floor plan.
198.164.154.3/~HeritageSaintJohn/LunaticAsylum/Building.htm
- The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Shrine - A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Maidenhead, England.
www.webaxs.net/~lynnash/crcmh
- The Changing Face of Borgess - Early history including architectural information of Borgess Hospital, founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1889.
www.borgess.com/default.asp?page=e_changing_face
- The Colonnade - History of Rainhill Hospital in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
www.rainhill-hospital.co.uk
- The History of Oak Grove Hospital - Vintage account at a genealogy site of the early history of the Oak Grove mental hospital in Flint, Michigan.
www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch29/oakgrovehosp.html
- The History of Rotherham's Hospitals - Illustrated history of four United Kingdom hospitals.
micklebring.com/hospitals.htm
- The Old Administration Building - Page at Public Health Museum site concerning main building of Tewksbury State Hospital, constructed in 1894 in the Queen Anne style to the design of Boston architect John A. Fox.
www.publichealthmuseum.org/building.html
- The Run from Farm to Farm - History of Western Washington State Hospital (Fort Steilacoom)
www.wshs.org/columbia/0301-a2.htm
- Town of Sykesville Warfield Complex Development Project - Information on many aspects of the restoration of the historic Springfield State Hospital buildings in Maryland.
ccpl.carr.org/sykes/warfield
- Vshadow - Public Institutions - Illustrated Virginia university page describing the early history of two Virginia custodial institutions.
valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/outlines/institutions.html
- Waucapa County Wisconsin Asylum - Page at a genealogy site with information on the founding of this institution.
www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/Asylums/waupasylum.htm
- Western State Hospital History - History page at Western State Hospital (Virginia) site, with many historic images.
www.wsh.state.va.us/history.htm
- Worcester Hospitals - Historic postcard images of the hospitals, asylum, and poor farm in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.geocities.com/Athens/2088/hospital.htm
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