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Cherokee State Hospital

2010-05-30T17:04:29Z

Druselstein:

{{infobox institution
| name = Cherokee State Hospital
| image = IACherokee01A.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt = Cherokee State Hospital
| caption =
| established =
| construction_began = 1884
| construction_ended =
| opened = 1902
| closed =
| demolished =
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]
| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
| architect(s) = Henry F. Liebbe
| location =
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population = 1,725 in 1945
| alternate_names =<br>
*Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane
*Cherokee Mental Health Center
*Iowa Lunatic Asylum
*Cherokee Lunatic Asylum
}}

==History==
This hospital was the last of the four state mental hospitals to be built in Iowa and the only one where the main building, a connected complex in echelon plan, was fully completed before the hospital was opened to patients. The architects were an Iowa firm, Josselyn and Taylor, and the overall form and massing of component portions of the building suggests a French chateau, while the small-scale decorative motifs are those of the Queen Anne Revival Style. The functional arrangements reflect a moderately conservative approach for the times in the care of mental illness.

From the "BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, From Iowa Official Register 1909-1910" pages 262-269
Superintendent-M. NELSON VOLDENG, M.D.
First Assistant Physician-BENJAMIN R. McALLASTER, M.D.
Second Assistant Physician-T.L. LONG, M.D.
Third Assistant Physician-HARRY D. EARL, M.D.
Woman Physician-LENA A. BEECH, M.D.
Steward-A.J. RAE
Matron-ELLA McNIVEN

The allowance for support is $15 per capita until population exceeds 600, then $14 per capita per month until population exceeds 750, when it is reduced to $13 per capita per month. When the population exceeds 900 the per capita per month allowance is to be $12. The excess over $12 per capita per month is paid from the state treasury.

This institution was the place where Dr. Walter Freeman, "The Lobotomist" had killed a patient when he stepped back for a photo.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4531-2001Jan30?language=printer http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4531-2001Jan30?language=printer]</ref>

== Images of Cherokee State Hospital ==
{{image gallery|[[Cherokee State Hospital Image Gallery|Cherokee State Hospital]]}}

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File:CSH Iowa 2.jpg
File:CSH Iowa 3.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==
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== Links ==
*[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/cherokee/ Cherokee State Hospital @ Kirkbride Buildings]

[[Category:Iowa]]
[[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]]
[[Category:Active Institution]]

Norfolk State Hospital

2010-05-23T15:21:03Z

Druselstein:

{{infobox institution
| name = Norfolk State Hospital
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| established = 1885
| construction_began =
| construction_ended =
| opened = 1885
| closed =
| demolished =
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]
| architect(s) =
| location = Norfolk, NE.
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population =
| alternate_names =
Norfolk Regional Center,
Nebraska State Hospital
Norfolk Hospital for the Insane
Asylum for the Chronic Insane
Ingelside Hospital for the Insane
}}

The Norfolk Regional Center was established in 1885 as an insane asylum under the name Norfolk Hospital for the Incurably Insane. The now Norfolk Regional Center was established in 1885 on 320 acres of land provided by the city of Norfolk. The institution went through several name changes. In 1895, the legislature voted to call it the Asylum for the Chronic Insane. In 1905, the name was changed to Nebraska State Hospital, and then again in 1915 it was renamed the Ingelside Hospital for the Insane. The facility had four types of patients: Geriactrics, Alcoholics and drug addicts, and the criminally insane. The norfolk Regional Center is currently a mental health and substance abuse treatment facility for adolescent and young adult males who have been paroled from the Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Center in Kearney, Nebraska (Nebraska Dept of Health).In total, 902 individuals were sterilized in Nebraska. 53% of whom were women. 80% of those sterilized were deemed “mentally deficient.” The lobotomies began in 1917 and ended in 1963.

In Nebraska, the first law regarding sterilization was passed in 1915, after a failed initial attempt by state legislators in 1913 was vetoed by Governor John H. Morehead. This law was revised in both 1929 and 1957. The 1915, law provided for the sterilizations of the insane and feeble-minded inmates of state institutions before they were paroled. The state institutions specifically mentioned in the statute included “institutions for the feeble-minded, hospitals for the insane, the penitentiary, reformatory, industrial schools, the industrial home, and other such State institutions” In 1929, the original law was repealed and a new law was enacted, which included “habitual criminals, moral degenerates, and sexual perverts“—those individuals convicted of rape or incest—as well as the original groups. The 1929 revision of the law made it so that any inmate convicted of rape or other crimes of sexual perversion were to be compulsorily sterilized. Although the sterilization was mandatory for these individuals, the law mandated both notice and hearing and the potential for appeal to the Supreme Court.

Although habitual criminals and sex offenders were included in the law between 1929 and 1957, the “feeble-minded” were the initial targets. They remained a group of concern for several years after the state ceased its sterilizations of the criminally insane. The ratio of men to women sterilized is relatively equal, indicating no presence of bias toward either sex. In 1929, the Nebraska legislature altered the sterilization law to include those individuals convicted of sodomy. This amendment included individuals who had been deemed “moral degenerates or sexual perverts”. According to data provided by Julius Paul, more than 80% of sterilizations occurred on residents of the Beatrice State Home, founded in 1887 as the Nebraska Institution for Feebleminded Youth. The institution is now known as the Beatrice State Developmental Center, specializing in the treatment of children and adults with behavioral and developmental disabilities (Nebraska Dept. of Health). The website makes no mention of the location’s past involvement with eugenics and sterilization. In terms of a history, the website states, briefly, that the Center “has served citizens with mental retardation since 1887”. Now it is renamed the Norfolk Regional Center, and has 120-beds in part of a Sex Offender Treatment Center providing Phase I services in the Nebraska Sex Offender Treatment Program. The Nebraska Sex Offender Treatment Program is a three phase treatment program meant to reduce dangerousness and risk of re-offense for patients involved in treatment. Phase I treatment orients patients to the treatment process; begins working with patients to accept full responsibility for their sex offending and sexually deviant behaviors; teaches patients to give and receive feedback and utilize coping skills; and builds motivation for the intensive treatment in Phases II and III which are provided at Lincoln Regional Center.

<gallery>
File:Norfolk Neb SH.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Active Institution]]
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]
[[Category:Nebraska]]

Norfolk State Hospital

2010-05-23T15:18:48Z

Druselstein:

{{infobox institution
| name = Norfolk State Hospital
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| established = 1885
| construction_began =
| construction_ended =
| opened = 1885
| closed =
| demolished =
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]
| architect(s) =
| location = Norfolk, NE.
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population =
| alternate_names =
Norfolk Regional Center,
Nebraska State Hospital
Norfolk Hospital for the Insane
Asylum for the Chronic Insane
}}

The Norfolk Regional Center was established in 1885 as an insane asylum under the name Norfolk Hospital for the Incurably Insane. The now Norfolk Regional Center was established in 1885 on 320 acres of land provided by the city of Norfolk. The institution went through several name changes. In 1895, the legislature voted to call it the Asylum for the Chronic Insane. In 1905, the name was changed to Nebraska State Hospital, and then again in 1915 it was renamed the Ingelside Hospital for the Insane. The facility had four types of patients: Geriactrics, Alcoholics and drug addicts, and the criminally insane. The norfolk Regional Center is currently a mental health and substance abuse treatment facility for adolescent and young adult males who have been paroled from the Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Center in Kearney, Nebraska (Nebraska Dept of Health).In total, 902 individuals were sterilized in Nebraska. 53% of whom were women. 80% of those sterilized were deemed “mentally deficient.” Roughly 18% of the total sterilizations were of individuals deemed “mentally ill.” Nebraska ranks 14th in the United States in terms of total number of sterilizations. The sterilizations began in 1917 and ended in 1963.

In Nebraska, the first law regarding sterilization was passed in 1915, after a failed initial attempt by state legislators in 1913 was vetoed by Governor John H. Morehead. This law was revised in both 1929 and 1957. The 1915, law provided for the sterilizations of the insane and feeble-minded inmates of state institutions before they were paroled. The state institutions specifically mentioned in the statute included “institutions for the feeble-minded, hospitals for the insane, the penitentiary, reformatory, industrial schools, the industrial home, and other such State institutions” In 1929, the original law was repealed and a new law was enacted, which included “habitual criminals, moral degenerates, and sexual perverts“—those individuals convicted of rape or incest—as well as the original groups. The 1929 revision of the law made it so that any inmate convicted of rape or other crimes of sexual perversion were to be compulsorily sterilized. Although the sterilization was mandatory for these individuals, the law mandated both notice and hearing and the potential for appeal to the Supreme Court.

Although habitual criminals and sex offenders were included in the law between 1929 and 1957, the “feeble-minded” were the initial targets. They remained a group of concern for several years after the state ceased its sterilizations of the criminally insane. The ratio of men to women sterilized is relatively equal, indicating no presence of bias toward either sex. In 1929, the Nebraska legislature altered the sterilization law to include those individuals convicted of sodomy. This amendment included individuals who had been deemed “moral degenerates or sexual perverts”. According to data provided by Julius Paul, more than 80% of sterilizations occurred on residents of the Beatrice State Home, founded in 1887 as the Nebraska Institution for Feebleminded Youth. The institution is now known as the Beatrice State Developmental Center, specializing in the treatment of children and adults with behavioral and developmental disabilities (Nebraska Dept. of Health). The website makes no mention of the location’s past involvement with eugenics and sterilization. In terms of a history, the website states, briefly, that the Center “has served citizens with mental retardation since 1887”. Now it is renamed the Norfolk Regional Center, and has 120-beds in part of a Sex Offender Treatment Center providing Phase I services in the Nebraska Sex Offender Treatment Program. The Nebraska Sex Offender Treatment Program is a three phase treatment program meant to reduce dangerousness and risk of re-offense for patients involved in treatment. Phase I treatment orients patients to the treatment process; begins working with patients to accept full responsibility for their sex offending and sexually deviant behaviors; teaches patients to give and receive feedback and utilize coping skills; and builds motivation for the intensive treatment in Phases II and III which are provided at Lincoln Regional Center.

<gallery>
File:Norfolk Neb SH.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Active Institution]]
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]
[[Category:Nebraska]]

Sioux Sanitarium

2010-05-22T23:44:01Z

Druselstein:

==History==
The Sioux Sanitorium has had a long, dark, and gruesome history. The hospital started out as a boarding school for Indians in the late 1800s. As the time was different, many of the children were treated horribly, as some were abused. Many children died, maybe because of the cold winters. The building remained empty for many years until the outbreak of the "white plague" (tuberculosis.) The building was converted into a massive hospital called the Sioux Sanitarium for the TB patients. The years of the sanitarium were the most dark in the building's history. Although sanitariums were considered to be the most advanced treatment centers for TB patients, the treatments were brutal and grisly at best. As streptomycin was not invented yet, all the doctors could do was remove organs and give them sleep drugs. The patients that did not go crazy committed suicide. As many patients died, many more were abused. The patients were not ever outside, so they were left in rocking chairs all day. After the patenting of streptomycin, almost all of the sanitariums in the United States closed down in the 1940s through the 60s. After the building remained empty for several years, the building was converted into a public hospital, named the Sioux San Hospital. Due to recent investigations, the hospital is said to be haunted. The main hot spot is the third floor. Children's laughter and voices have been heard in the dead of night, (those are presumed to be from the Indian children) and howls and screams as well as apparitions have been seen in the hospital by night guards, most of which have quit. (the howls and apparitions are presumed to be from the TB patients) Unmarked graves surround the campus not only from the TB patients, but also from the Indian children who still need to go home to their families.

==External links==
http://theshadowlands.net/places/southdakota.htm
http://www.hospitalsworldwide.com/listings/3829.php
http://www.strangeusa.com/ViewLocation.aspx?locationid=9121
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_San_Hospital"

Categories: Defunct hospitals in the United States | Paranormal places

Sioux Sanitarium

2010-05-22T23:42:48Z

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The Sioux San hospital has had a long, dark, and gruesome history. The hospital started out as a boarding school for Indians in the late 1800s. As the time was different, many of the children were treated horribly, as some were abused. Many children died, maybe because of the cold winters. The building remained empty for many years until the outbreak of the "white plague" (tuberculosis.) The building was converted into a massive hospital called the Sioux Sanitarium for the TB patients. The years of the sanitarium were the most dark in the building's history. Although sanitariums were considered to be the most advanced treatment centers for TB patients, the treatments were brutal and grisly at best. As streptomycin was not invented yet, all the doctors could do was remove organs and give them sleep drugs. The patients that did not go crazy committed suicide. As many patients died, many more were abused. The patients were not ever outside, so they were left in rocking chairs all day. After the patenting of streptomycin, almost all of the sanitariums in the United States closed down in the 1940s through the 60s. After the building remained empty for several years, the building was converted into a public hospital. Due to recent investigations, the hospital is said to be haunted. The main hot spot is the third floor. Children's laughter and voices have been heard in the dead of night, (those are presumed to be from the Indian children) and howls and screams as well as apparitions have been seen in the hospital by night guards, most of which have quit. (the howls and apparitions are presumed to be from the TB patients) Unmarked graves surround the campus not only from the TB patients, but also from the Indian children who still need to go home to their families.

==External links==
http://theshadowlands.net/places/southdakota.htm
http://www.hospitalsworldwide.com/listings/3829.php
http://www.strangeusa.com/ViewLocation.aspx?locationid=9121
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_San_Hospital"

Categories: Defunct hospitals in the United States | Paranormal places

South Dakota

2010-05-22T23:39:36Z

Druselstein:

== State Hospitals ==

* [[Custer State Hospital]]
* [[Hiawatha State Hospital]]
* [[Redfield State Hospital]]
* [[Yankton State Hospital]]

== Sanitoriums ==
* [[Sioux Sanitorium]]

[[Category:United States of America]]