Mental hospitals designed on the plan recommendations of Thomas Story Kirkbride. This category includes web sites for non-Kirkbride-related features on mental hospital grounds that have or once had Kirkbride buildings.
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- Insane Asylum Number 3, Nevada, Missouri Page by London Irwin featuring several historic postcard images of the old Nevada State Hospital.
- Town Sees Red Over Police Vandalism (Weston, West Virginia) Article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from June 1999 about the former Weston State Hospital in West Virginia. The article gives equal attention to a police vandalism incident and plans to re-use the building.
- Michigan Historical Marker - Clinton Valley Center Michigan Historical Markers page on asylum building designed by Elijah E. Myers and completed in 1878.
- Clinton Valley Center - An Album of Images and History Historic information along with modern and historic images of the former Pontiac State Hospital in Michigan.
- Kirkbride's Hospital Historic District web page with detailed description of this pioneering Philadelphia hospital and its history.
- Places in Worcester - Asylum For the Insane Community page with historic anecdotes from several submitters, and old postcard views.
- Fergus Falls State Hospital Complex Minnesota Historical Society page with history, context, modern color photos, and links to related historic buildings.
- St. Elizabeths Hospital Historic Medical Sites page concerning this federal government mental hospital in Washington, D.C., with recent photo of the center of the Kirkbride building.
- Elgin State Hospital Annex Postcard image of annex at Elgin State Hospital in Illinois, accompanied by description of early history.
- Kirkbride Buildings Information on Thomas Story Kirkbride and his mental hospital plan. Includes photographs of several Kirkbride buildings.
- The Demise of Pontiac State Hospital The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit site presents this well-documented and well-illustrated tour of the former Pontiac State Hospital (Clinton Valley Center) at a time when it had been partially demolished during 2000.
- A Mental Hospital's Breakdown April 20, 2003 article from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette concerning history and pending demolition of Dixmont State Hospital.
- Forgotten Photography A photographic journey by David and Karie Esmann through some of the historical asylums and state hospitals of the United States.
- Institute of Penn. Hospital Getting a New Lease on Life Philadelphia Business Journal article concerning re-use of Dr Kirkbride's mental hospital building.