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

From Asylum Projects
Jump to: navigation, search
(Undo revision 45060 by M-Explorer (talk))
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{FAformat
 
{{FAformat
−
|Title= Mendota Mental Health Institute
+
|Title= Tacoma State Hospital
−
|Image= Mendota03.jpg
+
|Image= Western_State_Hospital,_1892.jpg
 
|Width= 150px
 
|Width= 150px
−
|Body= Mendota opened on July 14, 1860, when it admitted a patient who had been brought from Oconto County...a long trip by horse and wagon. Even though the hospital was not yet ready to open, that Saturday, it was decided that, because of the distance the patient had been brought, he should be received. Thus began Mendota's ready response to the needs of patients and communities, which has been its tradition.
+
|Body= In accordance with an act of the Territorial Legislature, entitled "An Act to Authorize the Purchase of the Government Buildings at Fort Steilacoom for an Insane Asylum," approved December 2. 1869, a Board of Commissioners, consisting of the Governor, Territorial Secretary and Territorial Auditor, purchased the buildings from the federal government on the 15th of January, 1870, for the sum of $850. Section 4 of this act provided that the buildings should be turned over to the commissioners for the care and custody of "insane and idiotic persons," to be prepared and used by them as an insane asylum, at the expiration of the contract with Huntington & Sons on July 15, 1871.  [[Tacoma State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
−
 
 
−
Mendota has undergone significant changes since then, some of which are reflected in the changes to its name. It opened as an "Asylum", appropriate in an era when little could be done for the mentally ill except to house and care for them...i.e. to give them asylum...when their families and communities could no longer cope with their needs.  [[Mendota Mental Health Institute|Click here for more...]]
 
 
}}
 
}}

Revision as of 10:42, 10 August 2025

Featured Article Of The Week

Tacoma State Hospital


Western State Hospital, 1892.jpg

In accordance with an act of the Territorial Legislature, entitled "An Act to Authorize the Purchase of the Government Buildings at Fort Steilacoom for an Insane Asylum," approved December 2. 1869, a Board of Commissioners, consisting of the Governor, Territorial Secretary and Territorial Auditor, purchased the buildings from the federal government on the 15th of January, 1870, for the sum of $850. Section 4 of this act provided that the buildings should be turned over to the commissioners for the care and custody of "insane and idiotic persons," to be prepared and used by them as an insane asylum, at the expiration of the contract with Huntington & Sons on July 15, 1871. Click here for more...

Retrieved from "https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Portal:Featured_Article_Of_The_Week&oldid=45066"