Due to overcrowding at other state hospitals, such as Taunton and Worchester, town hall officials gathered in 1851 to discuss the construction of a new state hospital for the insane. State ...

Although the Kirkbride buildings no longer exist, the state hospital is still a prominent historic figure in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Several miles away, a farm owned by the Hindes family located to the ...

Over the course of the facility’s history, we’ve saved thousands and with new modern technology, we will save thousands more.” At the new Rusk State Hospital, primary design features include ...