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|Body= In 1872, a site was selected and work began for the erection of the 500-bed, four-story, Gothic-style hospital building. The hospital originated due to overcrowded conditions at the Stockton Asylum, the first State Hospital. The doors of the unfinished entrance of Napa State Hospital opened on Monday, November 15, 1875, to the first individuals, two San Franciscans.
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|Body= Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871.  [[Manhattan Psychiatric Center|Click here for more...]]
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Initially, 192 acres of land were purchased for $11,506 from Don Cayetano Juarez. These acres were part of the Mexican Land Grant, Rancho Tulocay, received from General Mariano Vallejo. Additional land was acquired over the years bringing the total to over 2,000 acres. The land extended from a wharf on the Napa River to the eastern edge of Skyline Park, allowing for the development of dairy and poultry ranches, vegetable gardens, orchards and other farming operations necessary to make the hospital as self-sufficient as possible. Farming operations ceased in the late 1960's. Napa Valley College, Kennedy Park and Skyline Wilderness Park now occupy most of this land.  [[Napa State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 10:54, 22 February 2026

Featured Article Of The Week

Manhattan Psychiatric Center


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Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871. Click here for more...

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