Nevada_State_Hospital

Nevada State Hospital

Nevada State Hospital

Psychiatric hospital in Missouri, United States

Nevada State Hospital was a public psychiatric hospital in Nevada, Missouri, constructed in 1887. The hospital was built in the design of the Kirkbride Plan.[1]

Nevada State Hospital, ca. 1890.

History

Provisions for the hospital were approved by the state of Missouri in 1885, and the hospital was constructed in 1887.[1][2] The hospital officially closed in 1991, and was demolished in 1999.[1]

Notable patients

References

  1. [1]
    "Nevada State Hospital". Kirkbride Buildings. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. [2]
    Hurd 1916, p. 884.

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