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| architect(s) = Henry F. Liebbe | | architect(s) = Henry F. Liebbe | ||
| location = Cherokee, Iowa | | location = Cherokee, Iowa | ||
− | | architecture_style = | + | | architecture_style = Kirkbride Plan |
| peak_patient_population = 1,725 in 1945 | | peak_patient_population = 1,725 in 1945 | ||
| alternate_names =<br> | | alternate_names =<br> | ||
− | *Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane | + | *Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane/Iowa |
*Cherokee Mental Health Center | *Cherokee Mental Health Center | ||
*Cherokee Mental Health Institute | *Cherokee Mental Health Institute | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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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> | 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> | ||