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| established = April 13, 1878 | | established = April 13, 1878 | ||
| opened = January 27, 1879 | | opened = January 27, 1879 | ||
| − | | closed = | + | | closed = |
| − | | demolished = | + | | demolished = 1890s (Original Structures) |
| − | | current_status = [[ | + | | current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] |
| − | | building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]] | + | | building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]], |
| architect(s) = Enoch Allen Ward (1879 building) | | architect(s) = Enoch Allen Ward (1879 building) | ||
| location = Blackwood, NJ | | location = Blackwood, NJ | ||
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| peak_patient_population = | | peak_patient_population = | ||
| alternate_names =<br> | | alternate_names =<br> | ||
| − | + | Camden County Hospital for the Insane | |
| − | + | Camden County Insane Asylum at Blackwood | |
| − | + | Camden County Insane Hospital at Lakeland | |
| − | + | Camden County Health Services Center | |
}} | }} | ||
| − | + | --Origins-- | |
| − | Camden county admitted it's first mental patient to county care in 1803. As was usual at the time the insane were cared for in the county almshouse, usually in separate cells or small separate buildings. Originally in Camden the insane were maintained in the almshouse building, however a dozen years after this first admittance the County Freeholders decided it was prudent to erect a separate building for the insane, still under administration of the almshouse. This building was a two story wood framed structure comprised of individual cells and was referred to as the "mad house". After her 1839 visit Dorothea Dix referred to it as "populous with imbecile, insane and epileptic patients -- 25-30 individuals. [It] contains ranges of small cells altogether unfit for the individuals they house." | + | Camden county admitted it's first mental patient to county care in 1803. As was usual at the time the insane were cared for in the county almshouse, usually in separate cells or small separate buildings. Originally in Camden the insane were maintained in the almshouse building, however a dozen years after this first admittance the County Freeholders decided it was prudent to erect a separate building for the insane, still under administration of the almshouse. This building was a two story wood framed structure comprised of individual cells and was referred to as the "mad house". After her 1839 visit Dorothea Dix referred to it as "populous with imbecile, insane and epileptic patients -- 25-30 individuals. [It] contains ranges of small cells altogether unfit for the individuals they house." |
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