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| opened = 1888
 
| opened = 1888
| closed = 2015
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| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] and [[Preserved Institution|Preserved]]
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] and [[Preserved Institution|Preserved]]
 
| building_style = [[Transition Plan|Transitional]] [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
 
| building_style = [[Transition Plan|Transitional]] [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
 
| architect(s) = William Foster & Henry F. Liebbe  
 
| architect(s) = William Foster & Henry F. Liebbe  
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| alternate_names =<br>  
 
| alternate_names =<br>  
*Clarinda Lunatic Asylum
 
 
*Clarinda Asylum for the Insane
 
*Clarinda Asylum for the Insane
 
*Iowa State Hospital for the Insane
 
*Iowa State Hospital for the Insane
 
*Clarinda Mental Health Institute
 
*Clarinda Mental Health Institute
 
*Clarinda Treatment Complex
 
*Clarinda Treatment Complex
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*Clarinda Lunatic Asylum
 
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The Clarinda Treatment Complex was built in 1884 as the Clarinda State Hospital in Clarinda, Iowa of southwest Iowa. It was the third asylum in the state of Iowa. The original plan for patients was to hold alcoholics, geriatrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane.
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The Clarinda Treatment Complex was built in 1884 as the Clarinda State Hospital in Clarinda, Iowa of southwest Iowa. It was the third asylum in the state of Iowa and remains in operation today. The original plan for patients was to hold alcoholics, geriactrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane.
  
 
==History (1884-1900)==
 
==History (1884-1900)==
The Clarinda Treatment Complex was built in 1884 as the Clarinda State Hospital in Clarinda, Iowa of southwest Iowa. It was the third asylum in the state of Iowa and remains in operation today. The original plan for patients was to hold alcoholics, geriatrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane.  An act of the Twentieth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, chapter 201, authorized the appropriation of $150,000 for the purpose of establishing an additional hospital for the insane. The act went into effect April 23, 1884, and provided that the Governor should select three commissioners, with power to locate the site for the hospital somewhere in Southwestern Iowa.
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The Clarinda Treatment Complex was built in 1884 as the Clarinda State Hospital in Clarinda, Iowa of southwest Iowa. It was the third asylum in the state of Iowa and remains in operation today. The original plan for patients was to hold alcoholics, geriactrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane.  An act of the Twentieth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, chapter 201, authorized the appropriation of $150,000 for the purpose of establishing an additional hospital for the insane. The act went into effect April 23, 1884, and provided that the Governor should select three commissioners, with power to locate the site for the hospital somewhere in Southwestern Iowa.
  
 
The act provided that not less than 320 acres of land should be purchased in the name of the state, so selected as to insure an abundant supply of good, pure water and to be susceptible of proper and efficient drainage. It was also provided that no gratuity or donation should be offered or received from any place as an inducement for its location; that the commissioners should, as soon as the location was fixed, secure and adopt plans and specifications and estimates for the buildings to be erected. All buildings to be fireproof, the exterior plain and of brick, to be built on the cottage plan; the board to invite bids after publication for 30 days in Des Moines newspapers; the contract to be let to the lowest bidder complying with the requirements of the commissioners. They were to employ a competent architect and superintendent of construction, appoint a secretary and keep accurate minutes of their doings.
 
The act provided that not less than 320 acres of land should be purchased in the name of the state, so selected as to insure an abundant supply of good, pure water and to be susceptible of proper and efficient drainage. It was also provided that no gratuity or donation should be offered or received from any place as an inducement for its location; that the commissioners should, as soon as the location was fixed, secure and adopt plans and specifications and estimates for the buildings to be erected. All buildings to be fireproof, the exterior plain and of brick, to be built on the cottage plan; the board to invite bids after publication for 30 days in Des Moines newspapers; the contract to be let to the lowest bidder complying with the requirements of the commissioners. They were to employ a competent architect and superintendent of construction, appoint a secretary and keep accurate minutes of their doings.
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==Present State==
 
==Present State==
The hospital is currently known as the Clarinda Treatment Center. The CTC has evolved into a multi- functional state facility that now includes a mental hospital and a correctional facility that share many services with the privately owned Clarinda Academy. The original central building still remains in use as part of hospital complex. In 1980 a minimum security all male prison was built as the Clarinda Correctional Facility and another 750 bed medium security prison was opened on the Campus in 1996. A museum was recently added to the complex and is full of historical asylum artifacts such as medical equipment, paperwork, furniture, photos and other relics. In 1980, a large minimum security prison was built as the Clarinda Correctional Facility.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinda_Treatment_Complex</ref>
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The hospital is currently known as the Clarinda Treatment Center. The CTC has evolved into a multi- functional state facility that now includes a mental hospital and a correctional facility that share many services with the privately owned Clarinda Academy. The original central building still remains in use as part of hospital complex. In 1980 a minimum security all male prison was built as the Clarinda Correctional Facility and another 750 bed medium security prison was opened on the Campus in 1996. A museum was recently added to the complex and is full of historical asylum artifacts such as medical equipment, paperwork, furniture, photos and other relics. Tours of the asylum and the hospital are open to the public by appointment. In 1980, a large minimum security prison was built as the Clarinda Correctional Facility. In 2009 it was made public that the state may close one of its four hospitals in Iowa.<ref>http://www.clarinda.org/existing_businesses.htm</ref> <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinda_Treatment_Complex</ref>
  
The hospital was closed by Governor Branstad along with Mount Pleasant State Hospital in July, 2015. The Clarinda location has the Clarinda Academy, a privately run school for troubled adolescents, which will continue to operate there for the time being.<ref>[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/07/01/iowa-mental-health-institutes-closed-branstad/29571527/]</ref>
 
  
 
== Images of Clarinda State Hospital ==
 
== Images of Clarinda State Hospital ==
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==Cemetery==
 
The cemetery is located about a quarter of a mile from the main building between a large cornfield and a cow pasture. There are over 1,200 graves and most have markers with names.
 
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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*[http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Facilities/Clarinda.html Official Hospital Website]
 
*[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/clarinda/index.html Clarinda State Hospital @ Kirkbride Buildings]
 
*[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/clarinda/index.html Clarinda State Hospital @ Kirkbride Buildings]
 
*[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/blog/clarinda-state-hospital Photos of the hospital]
 
*[http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/blog/clarinda-state-hospital Photos of the hospital]
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*[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ia/ia0000/ia0097/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Iowa%20Hospital%20for%20the%20Insane,%20Main%20Building,%20West%20Main%20Street%20Vicinity,%20Clarinda,%20Page%20County,%20IA&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:4:./temp/~pp_SBsY::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,bbcards,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb Historic American Buildings Survey]
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*[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=284258971573&v=photos#!/group.php?gid=284258971573&v=wall Save Clarinda Facebook Group]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinda_Treatment_Complex Wikipedia Entry]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinda_Treatment_Complex Wikipedia Entry]
 
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clarinda-Treatment-Complex/100315683360944 Facebook Page]
 
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clarinda-Treatment-Complex/100315683360944 Facebook Page]
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[[Category:Iowa]]
 
[[Category:Iowa]]
 
[[Category:Transition Plan]]
 
[[Category:Transition Plan]]
[[Category:Closed Institution]]
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[[Category:Active Institution]]
 
[[Category:Preserved Institution]]
 
[[Category:Preserved Institution]]
[[Category:Institution With A Cemetery]]
 
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]]
 

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