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| » Site title: Abandoned Memories » Site description: Photos of abandoned children's asylum buildings in Northville, Michigan called Wayne County Child Development Center. Now totally demolished. Also added is Clinton Valley Center from Pontiac, MI and Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City. |
| » Site title: Bartonville State Hospital » Site description: Page at Historic Peoria concerning this disused Central Illinois mental hospital's history and ghosts. |
| » Site title: Bedlam: Custody Care and Cure 1247-1997 » Site description: An old Museum of London exhibition telling the fascinating 750-year-old story of Bethlem Royal Hospital, popularly known as 'Bedlam', the world's oldest institution caring for people with mental disorders. |
| » Site title: Burleson Sanitarium History Page » Site description: History of Grand Rapids, Michigan sanitarium devoted to rectal disorders. |
| » Site title: The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Shrine » Site description: A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Maidenhead, England. |
| » Site title: Caring for the Mentally Ill » Site description: Long Island, New York history page concerning Kings Park and other mental hospitals. |
| » Site title: The Changing Face of Borgess » Site description: Early history including architectural information of Borgess Hospital, founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1889. |
| » Site title: Clifton Springs Hospital History » Site description: Tells the story of the spa founded by Dr. Henry Foster in 1850 at sulphur springs in New York State, which became the Clifton Springs Sanitarium. The present hospital buildings date from the 1970s, while the 1896 building has been converted into apartments for senior citizens. |
| » Site title: Detroit Early Asylums » Site description: Genealogy-related page about the early institutions in Detroit, Michigan. |
| » Site title: DMHDD Milestones in Tennessee » Site description: Timeline containing milestone dates for Tennessee institutions |
| » Site title: Dorothea Dix Hospital » Site description: Official site of mental hospital in North Carolina. Contains history section and many historic images. |
| » Site title: Early St. Louis Hospitals, Homes, and Asylums » Site description: History of several historic St Louis, Missouri institutions. |
| » Site title: Eastern State Hospital Bat Project » Site description: Donna Hensley designs a bat house for Eastern State Hospital grounds in Medical Lake, Washington. Several photographs. |
| » Site title: Edgewood State Hospital » Site description: Railroad-oriented page features some building photos of this Long Island, New York mental hospital which has long since been closed. |
| » Site title: Fairfield Hills State Hospital » Site description: Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital. |
| » Site title: Fairfield State Hospital » Site description: Online history of Fairfield State Hospital in CT with photos. |
| » Site title: Featured New York Postcards - Health Care » Site description: Images of vintage postcards of several hospitals, sanitaria, sanatoria, and eldercare institutions in the state of New York. |
| » Site title: Flint Timeline Project - St.Joseph Hospital » Site description: History of St Joseph medical hospital in Flint, Michigan; founded in 1920. |
| » Site title: Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project » Site description: Web site dedicated to the history of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Contains patient files, and photo galleries. |
| » Site title: Glore Psychiatric Museum. Roadside America » Site description: Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site. St. Joseph, Missouri. |
| » Site title: Hartwood Hospital » Site description: Illustrated history of Hartwood and other old Scotland mental hospitals. |
| » Site title: Hastings Regional Center » Site description: Rootsweb page with history of Hastings Regional Center in Nebraska. |
| » Site title: Historic Asylums of America » Site description: An attempt to catalog and present America's historic state hospitals (insane asylums) founded in the latter half of the 19th century. |
| » Site title: History - Newark State Administration Building - Newark NY » Site description: Architectural history of administration building for institution for the developmentally disabled located in Newark, New York from 1873 to 1974. |
| » Site title: History of Arizona State Hospital » Site description: Arizona state government page with history overview and sketch of this Kirkbride-like facility. |
| » Site title: The History of Oak Grove Hospital » Site description: Vintage account at a genealogy site of the early history of the Oak Grove mental hospital in Flint, Michigan. |
| » Site title: The History of Rotherham's Hospitals » Site description: Illustrated history of four United Kingdom hospitals. |
| » Site title: History of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health » Site description: Illustrated history of South Carolina State Hospital and the State Department of Mental Health. |
| » Site title: Hospital Architecture In Montreal » Site description: Mcgill University provides a searchable database of images, a case study of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and a bibliography. |
| » Site title: Hospitals and Hospices in the Maltese Islands » Site description: A history with references by Charles Savona-Ventura. Covers civil and military, midwifery, naval and seaman's hospitals and hospices for the elderly. |
| » Site title: Hospitals of Hamilton, Ontario » Site description: Pre-World War I postcard images of medical hospital, asylum, and sanatorium postcards in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. |
| » Site title: IJsselland Hospital photography » Site description: Photographs of people working in The IJsselland Ziekenhuis in Capelle a/d IJssel (Netherlands) by Janssen and De Kievith Fotografie. |
| » Site title: Illinois State Institutions in the Early Days » Site description: Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and other populations. |
| » Site title: International Network for the History of Hospitals » Site description: Promotes studies related to the historical evolution of hospitals from their beginnings to the present day. Conferences, advisory board, newsletters, membership form. |
| » Site title: Kew Asylum Museum » Site description: 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. |
| » Site title: LIRR State Hospital Spurs » Site description: Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad. |
| » Site title: Long Island Insane Asylums » Site description: Images of four mental hospital complexes in Long Island, New York. |
| » Site title: The Lost Asylum - Fairfield Hills State Hospital » Site description: Documentary of Fairfield Hills, Located in Newtown, CT., with images, interviews, history , message boards and |
| » Site title: The Manteno Project » Site description: The Manteno Project, information and photographs about the history of the Manteno State Hospital (aka the Manteno Mental Health Center), in Manteno, Illinois. |
| » Site title: Manteno State Hospital » Site description: Paragraph and several recent photos of building exteriors at this abandoned Illinois mental institution. |
| » Site title: Medical Heritage of Great Britain » Site description: A gazetteer of historic hospitals, dispensaries, spas and other medical heritage from the Bath and Wessex Medical History Group, arranged by county. |
| » Site title: Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center » Site description: History of this central New York State institution for the mentally ill located in Utica. |
| » Site title: New York State Inebriate Asylum » Site description: 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. |
| » Site title: Newark State School » Site description: History of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled, with historic postcard image. |
| » Site title: Normansfield Hospital (UK) » Site description: Photo gallery of Normansfield Hospital, founded by John Langdon Down in 1868 for people with learning disabilities. |
| » Site title: North Dakota State Hospital » Site description: History by Janell Cole of this state hospital opened in Jamestown in 1885. |
| » Site title: Northville Tunnels » Site description: History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos. |
| » Site title: Norwich State Hospital » Site description: Gallery of modern photos. |
| » Site title: Odd Notes on Asylum Architecture » Site description: Scholarly article from 1841 on the construction and management of hospitals for the insane. |
| » Site title: The Old Administration Building » Site description: 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. |
| » Site title: The Old Operating Theatre Museum » Site description: Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its facilities, a virtual tour and mailing list. |
| » Site title: Owosso Sanitarium » Site description: Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan |
| » Site title: Pennsylvania Hospital: History: Virtual Tour » Site description: Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads. |
| » Site title: Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Criminally Insane » Site description: Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. |
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» Site title: Pilgrim State Hospital » Site description: Photographs of the abandoned buildings at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York. |
| » Site title: Poorfarms and Asylums » Site description: Index page with web sites pertaining to poorhouses, sanatoria, and asylums |
| » Site title: Poorhouse Story » Site description: Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses. |
| » Site title: Public Hospital » Site description: Official page for the museum in the reconstructed Public Hospital at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; first opened in 1773. |
| » Site title: Public Hospital in Colonial Williamsburg » Site description: Article about this early mental hospital in Virginia |
| » Site title: Saint John Lunatic Asylum » Site description: New Brunswick Community College describes the history and architecture of this 19th-century Italianate insane asylum in Nova Scotia, Canada, designed by Matthew Stead. Illustrations include a floor plan. |
| » Site title: St. Joseph's Sanitarium and Bath House » Site description: Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near Detroit. |
| » Site title: St. Louis City Hospital » Site description: An online repository of photos, articles, records, and creative texts documenting the evolving life of the former City Hospital buildings in St. Louis. |
| » Site title: Tales of Eloise » Site description: Very extensive site offering a wide variety of information on this mental hospital in Wayne County in Michigan. |
| » Site title: The Thistle Foundation, Edinburgh » Site description: An illustrated history and description of this institution for disabled ex-service personnel, founded in 1944. It was designed by Stuart Matthew on an informal garden court plan, with its own free-standing chapel. |
| » Site title: Vshadow - Public Institutions » Site description: Illustrated Virginia university page describing the early history of two Virginia custodial institutions. |
| » Site title: Western State Hospital History » Site description: History page at Western State Hospital (Virginia) site, with many historic images. |
| » Site title: Worcester Hospitals » Site description: Historic postcard images of the hospitals, asylum, and poor farm in Worcester, Massachusetts. |
| » Site title: Binghamton State Hospital » Site description: Donna Thomas reports on the preservation prospects of this former mental hospital building in New York, designed by Isaac Perry. (March, 2000) |