Difference between revisions of "Portal:Featured Article Of The Week"

From Asylum Projects
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(830 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{FAformat
 
{{FAformat
−
|Title= Agnews State Hospital
+
|Title= Chicago State Hospital
−
|Image= Agnews5.png
+
|Image= Chicago.jpg
−
|Width= 200px
+
|Width= 150px
−
|Body= Today known as the world famous Sun Microsystems/Agnews Developmental Center, the campus-like setting of the former Agnews Insane Asylum consists of a grouping of numerous reinforced concrete, brick, stucco and tile buildings. They are constructed in large rectangular-shaped plans and designed in a Mediterranean Revival style. The buildings are formally placed within a landscaped garden of palms, pepper trees and vast lawns. The treatment of the insane in California dates from the earliest days of the Gold Rush. The first provisions for the insane were to lock them up with criminals in the ship Ephemia, purchased in 1849 by the City of San Francisco, and later to house them at the San Francisco marine hospital in 1850, used primarily for ailing seamen. In 1885 the Agnews Residential Facility was established by the California State Legislature as a neuropsychiatric institution for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. Agnews, opened in 1889, was the third institution in the state established for the mentally ill. Twenty-one years later, the greatest tragedy of the 1906 earthquake in Santa Clara County took place at the old Agnews State Hospital. The multistory, unreinforced masonry building crumbled, killing over 100 patients.
+
|Body= In 1851, the county poor farm was established at the town of Jefferson, Ill., about 12 miles northwest of Chicago. The farm consisted of 160 acres of fairly improved land and was formerly owned by Peter Ludby, who located it in 1839. Additional land was purchased in 1860 and in 1884. In 1915, the land consisted of 234 acres. By November 1854, the county poorhouse was nearly finished. The building was of brick, three stories high and a basement, and cost about $25,000.
  
−
The Institution was then redesigned in, what was then, a revolutionary cottage plan spreading the low-rise buildings along tree-lined streets in a manner that resembled a college campus. The Mediterranean Revival style buildings were constructed of concrete with tile roofs, decorative tile patterns, rustic wooden balconies, porch columns and banisters.[[Agnews State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
+
In 1858, Dr. D. B. Fonda served as the physician for the poorhouse and the insane departments. At the time, the building of the insane asylum, 200 feet south of the almshouse hospital, was contemplated. [[Chicago State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
 
}}
 
}}

Latest revision as of 11:54, 18 January 2026

Featured Article Of The Week

Chicago State Hospital


Chicago.jpg

In 1851, the county poor farm was established at the town of Jefferson, Ill., about 12 miles northwest of Chicago. The farm consisted of 160 acres of fairly improved land and was formerly owned by Peter Ludby, who located it in 1839. Additional land was purchased in 1860 and in 1884. In 1915, the land consisted of 234 acres. By November 1854, the county poorhouse was nearly finished. The building was of brick, three stories high and a basement, and cost about $25,000.

In 1858, Dr. D. B. Fonda served as the physician for the poorhouse and the insane departments. At the time, the building of the insane asylum, 200 feet south of the almshouse hospital, was contemplated. Click here for more...

Retrieved from "https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Portal:Featured_Article_Of_The_Week&oldid=45323"