Bartonville State Hospital

Page at Historic Peoria concerning this disused Central Illinois mental hospital's history and ghosts.
http://www.historicpeoria.com/select.cfm?chose=127

New York State Inebriate Asylum

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.
http://nysasylum.com

LIRR State Hospital Spurs

Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.
http://www.lirrhistory.com/hosp.html

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.
http://www.geocities.com/hotsprings/2615/medhist/hosp-table.htm

Poorhouse Story

Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.
http://www.poorhousestory.com

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.
http://detnews.com/history/eloise/eloise.htm

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.
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/asa97/KEWA.htm

Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Asylum

Page at a genealogy site with information on the founding of this institution.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/Asylums/waupasylum.htm

Franklin County Poorhouse

History and photographic exploration of this 19th-century institution in Northern New York that sheltered paupers and the mentally ill.
http://angelfire.com/ny3/sunshyn178/poorhouse.html

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

History of this central New York State institution for the mentally ill located in Utica.
http://www.rny.com/town/points/144mohawkvalleypsychiatric.html

Worcester Hospitals

Historic postcard images of the hospitals, asylum, and poor farm in Worcester, Massachusetts.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2088/hospital.htm

Manteno State Mental Hospital - Transform Art

Photo gallery by Dave Halbeck depicting disused Illinois asylum.
http://transformart.com/dhalbe/manteno/

Newark State School

History of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled, with historic postcard image.
http://www.cgazette.com/towns/Newark/history/NHIST03.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.
http://www.variousdirections.com/~sera/webpage/index.html

History of South Carolina DMH

Illustrated history of South Carolina State Hospital and the State Department of Mental Health.
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/history.htm

Dorothea Dix Hospital

Official site of mental hospital in North Carolina. Contains history section and many historic images.
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/DIX/index.html

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.
http://198.164.154.3/~HeritageSaintJohn/LunaticAsylum/Building.htm

Vshadow - Public Institutions

Illustrated Virginia university page describing the early history of two Virginia custodial institutions.
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/outlines/institutions.html

Fremantle Arts Centre and History Museum

History of this 1861 Gothic Revival building, once Australia's first lunatic asylum, now a museum.
http://www.q-net.net.au/~ghosts/fremantle_arts_.htm

Hartwood Hospital

Illustrated history of Hartwood and other old Scotland mental hospitals.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/scotlandgenealogy/hartwood_hospital_was_in_its_hey.htm

Fairfield Hills State Hospital

Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital.
http://www.dobi.nu/fairfield/

Diversatech - Manteno State Hospital

Recent aerial survey of the grounds of former Manteno State Hospital in Illinois.
http://jewfish.net/thumbs.php?dir=aerial/diversatech/

Binghamton State Hospital

Donna Thomas reports on the preservation prospects of this former mental hospital building in New York, designed by Isaac Perry.
http://www.rodserling.com/bshospital.htm

Illinois State Institutions in the Early Days

Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and other populations.
http://www.iltrails.org/institution.htm

Public Hospital in Colonial Williamsburg

Article about this early mental hospital in Virginia
http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbhos.cfm

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.
http://www.michiganadoption.com/Players&Places/Hospitals/historical_hospitals.htm

DMHDD Milestones in Tennessee

Timeline containing milestone dates for Tennessee institutions
http://www.state.tn.us/mental/history/MHDDchronology.html

Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Criminally Insane

Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm?RecordId=CED328A7-48D2-440E-8A2B1A62BA8B184C

Livonia Struggles to Revive Site of Abandoned Ardmore

Detroit News article concerning the status of the Ardmore Center mental hospital complex near Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.detnews.com/2002/wayne/0205/13/c03-487369.htm

Abandoned Asylum

Robert Foster's site featuring photos and historic images of abandoned asylums in the United States. Also featuring over 300 asylum postcards and a page on asylum books.
http://www.abandonedasylum.com/

Rockland Psych

Photographs of dissused mental health building complex in New York.
http://www.midnightsociety.com/web/Abandoned/Rockland/rockland.html

Hastings Regional Center

Rootsweb page with history of Hastings Regional Center in Nebraska.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~neadams/regional.htm

Glore Psychiatric Museum. Roadside America

Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site St. Joseph, Missouri.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MOSTJglor.html

Eastern State Hospital Bat Project

Donna Hensley designs a bat house for Eastern State Hospital grounds in Medical Lake, Washington. Several photographs.
http://www.geology.ewu.edu/bats/esh.htm

Early St. Louis Hospitals, Homes, and Asylums

History of several historic St Louis, Missouri institutions.
http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/hospitals.htm

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.
http://www.sgha.net/boyds.html

Caring for the Mentally Ill

Long Island, New York history page concerning Kings Park and other mental hospitals.
http://www.lihistory.com/6/hs620a.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.
http://arrts-arrchives.com/edgwd.html

The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Shrine

A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Maidenhead, England.
http://www.webaxs.net/~lynnash/crcmh/

Northville Tunnels

History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos.
http://forgottendetroit.iwarp.com/Northville_Tunnels.htm

Manteno State Hospital

Paragraph and several recent photos of building exteriors at this abandoned Illinois mental institution.
http://www.urbanlens.com/files/msh/msh.html

Flint Timeline Project - St.Joseph Hospital

History of St Joseph medical hospital in Flint, Michigan; founded in 1920.
http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/timeline/civics-buildings-01-00/stjoseph.html

St. Joseph's Sanitarium and Bath House

Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near Detroit.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~detroitchurches/page64.htm

Featured New York Postcards - Health Care

Images of vintage postcards of several hospitals, sanitaria, sanatoria, and eldercare institutions in the state of New York.
http://vintageviews.org/vv-ny/_Old_Features/12_01.html

The Changing Face of Borgess

Early history including architectural information of Borgess Hospital, founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1889.
http://www.borgess.com/default.asp?page=e_changing_face

Pennsylvania Hospital: History: Virtual Tour

Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour2.html

The History of Rotherham's Hospitals

Illustrated history of four United Kingdom hospitals.
http://micklebring.com/hospitals.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.
http://www.cgazette.com/towns/Newark/history/adminbld.htm

Rossbret Asylums Website

Extensive index of asylums in the United Kingdom.
http://www.asylums.org.uk/

North Dakota State Hospital

History by Janell Cole of this state hospital opened in Jamestown in 1885.
http://www.in-forum.com/specials/century/jan3/week44.html

Detroit Early Asylums

Genealogy-related page about the early institutions in Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.geocities.com/genealogymi/asylum.html

Old Hospitals of Greater Detroit - Index from 1967

Lengthy list of the names and addresses of hospitals and related facilities extant in the Detroit, Michigan area in 1967
http://www.rootsweb.com/~miwayne/wayhospitals.htm

Poorfarms and Asylums

Index page with web sites pertaining to poorhouses, sanatoria, and asylums
http://community-2.webtv.net/juneacastorena/POORFARMSANDASYLUMS/

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.
http://www.medicalheritage.co.uk/

Tales of Eloise

Very extensive site offering a wide variety of information on this mental hospital in Wayne County in Michigan.
http://www.talesofeloise.com

Public Hospital

Official page for the museum in the reconstructed Public Hospital at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; first opened in 1773.
http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/almanack/places/hb/hbhos.cfm

History of Arizona State Hospital

Arizona state government page with history overview and sketch of this Kirkbride-like facility.
http://www.hs.state.az.us/azsh/history.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.
http://www.publichealthmuseum.org/building.html

Hospitals of Hamilton, Ontario

Pre-World War I postcard images of medical hospital, asylum, and sanatorium postcards in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
http://www.hamiltonpostcards.com/pages/hospitals.html

World Of Lunatic Asylums

History, heritage and architecture former lunatic asylums and mental health care in the UK and the rest of the world.
http://www.worldofasylums.co.uk

St. Louis City Hospital

An online repository of photos, articles, records, and creative texts documenting the evolving life of the former City Hospital buildings in St. Louis.
http://www.stlouiscityhospital.org

The Old Operating Theatre Museum

Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its facilities, a virtual tour and mailing list.
http://www.thegarret.org.uk/

Norwich State Hospital

Gallery of modern photos.
http://www.dobi.nu/norwich/

Bloom

A tribute project concerning the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston.
http://www.bloomproject.org

Verona Springs Sanitarium

The Verona Springs Sanitarium was built on Spring House road, near the town of Lowell in the town of Westmoreland, New York. In 1903 it burnt down never to be replaced. This site is dedicated to the memory of the building.
http://www.geocities.com/rifle_guy465/sanitarium/veronasprings

Clifton Springs Sanitarium History

Historic photos of medical/spa sanitarium.
http://www.midlakes.org/community/History.htm

Burleson Sanitarium History Page

History of Grand Rapids, Michigan sanitarium devoted to rectal disorders.
http://www.geocities.com/burlesonsanitarium/

The Lost Asylum - Fairfield Hills State Hospital

Documentary of Fairfield Hills, Located in Newtown, CT., with images, interviews, history , message boards and
http://www.fairfieldhills.com

Bedlam: Custody Care and Cure 1247-1997

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.
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/MOLsite/exhibits/bedlam/f_bed.htm

The Manteno Project

The Manteno Project, information and photographs about the history of the Manteno State Hospital (aka the Manteno Mental Health Center), in Manteno, Illinois.
http://www.mantenostatehospital.com

Tearing Down the Secrets

Articles about demolition of Eloise Hospital near Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.masstransfer.net/remotesensing/tearing/

Western Lunatic Asylum

History and genealogy information for Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
http://www.kyseeker.com/christian/wsh/

IJsselland Hospital photography

Photographs of people working in The IJsselland Ziekenhuis in Capelle a/d IJssel (Netherlands) by Janssen & De Kievith Fotografie
http://www.jkfoto.nl/ijsselland/ijsselland.html

Hospital Architecture In Montreal

Mcgill University provides a searchable database of images, a case study of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and a bibliography.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/

The Run from Farm to Farm

History of Western Washington State Hospital (Fort Steilacoom)
http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wshs/columbia/articles/0301-a2.htm

Abandoned Memories

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.
http://abandonedmemories.com/

Long Island Insane Asylums

Images of four mental hospital complexes in Long Island, New York.
http://lioddities.com/Asylums/

Chris Payne - Asylums

Galleries of recent asylum photos by Chris Payne,an architectural photographer who specializes in industrial ruins and vanishing building typologies.
http://www.chrispaynephoto.com/asylums.htm

Owosso Sanitarium

Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan
http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/gute.html

Odd Notes on Asylum Architecture

Scholarly article from 1841 on the construction and management of hospitals for the insane.
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/asyarc.htm

Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum

BBC Beyond the Broadcast article about the history of an asylum constructed in the mid 19th century north of London, England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist7_prog3b.shtml

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.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch29/oakgrovehosp.html

Gatehouse Museum

In the grounds of Madison State Hospital has displays illuminating the history of this mental hospital, created by the Jefferson County Historical Society.
http://www.jeffersoncountyhistoricalsociety.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=9&ArticleID=2

Abandoned Hospital Info

Page of recent photographs of Brook Hospital, which dates to 1896, located in southeast London, United Kingdom.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/offkilter/page3.html

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.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/hisar/people/kw/inhh2.html

Pilgrim State Hospital

Photographs of the abandoned buildings at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York.
http://b.f11.org/photo/Pilgrim/

Gloucester Asylums

History of former county asylums in Gloucester, UK: Horton Road and Coney Hill.
http://www.gloucesterasylums.co.uk/

Normansfield Hospital (UK)

Photo gallery of Normansfield Hospital, founded by John Langdon Down in 1868 for people with learning disabilities.
http://www.miriam-may.com/

British Asylums

Gordon Tozer investigates the social and architectural heritage of mental healthcare provision in Britain. Illustrated histories of individual asylums are in pdf format.
http://www.britishasylums.org.uk

Fairfield State Hospital

Online history of Fairfield State Hospital in CT with photos.
http://www.fairfieldstatehospital.com/

Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project

Web site dedicated to the history of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Contains patient files, extensive photo galleries, and more.
http://www.lakeshore-psychiatric.cjb.net

Western State Hospital History

History page at Western State Hospital (Virginia) site, with many historic images.
http://www.wsh.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/history.htm

Norwich State Hospital

Photos of Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut.
http://www.dobi.nu/photos/gallery/norwich/index.htm

Mass Asylums

Site that features photos and history from state hospitals, state schools, and sanatoriums from Massachusetts and beyond.
http://www.massasylums.com