Michigan State Asylum

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Michigan State Asylum may refer to any number of early mental institutions in the state. Michigan became a state in 1837 and five years later accepted that the principle caring for the mentally afflicted was a state problem. In 1848 a joint resolution required an annual return from the adviser of the number of insane, deaf, dumb, and blind in the state. In that same year the legislature set aside 5,000 acres of land for buildings, next year nearly double that amount, and in 1850, 16,000 acres. Not until 1853 was money, $20,000, appropriated out of the general fund of the state treasury. Many hospitals/prisons have been referred to as "Michigan State Asylum". Here is the incomplete list.

• Traverse City State Hospital in Traverse City - Northern Michigan Asylum

• The Newberry State Hospital in Newberry - Michigan State Asylum for the Insane

• Eloise Hospital, a sanitarium in Westland - Michigan State Asylum

• Riverside Correctional Facility in Ionia - Michigan State Asylum

• Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital in Kalamazoo - Michigan State Asylum for the Insane

[edit] External links

• Riverside Correctional Facility
• Kalamazoo State Hospital