St. Peter State Hospital

St. Peter State Hospital, 1874 lithograph.

St. Peter State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota, established in 1866 under the Kirkbride Plan.[1][2] The original building is mostly demolished[3] though the hospital is still active.

History

The hospital was constructed in 1866 in the Kirkbride design.[4] A fire destroyed the men's ward of the hospital on November 15, 1880.[5] Dr. C.K. Bartlett was the superintendent of the hospital in its early years before resigning in 1894.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hurd 1916, p. 848.
  2. ↑ "Letter from Thomas Kirkbride to the Leading Physician at St. Peter State Hospital". Incarceration in the Archive. University of Minnesota. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Saint Peter State Hospital: Still Standing". Kirkbride Buildings. September 3, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hurd 1916, pp. 848–851.
  5. 1 2 Hurd 1916, p. 849.

Works cited

  • Hurd, Henry Mills, ed. (1916). "The Institutional Care of the Insane in the United States and Canada". 2. Johns Hopkins Press: 434 – via Google Books.

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