St. Peter State Hospital

St. Peter State Hospital, 1874 lithograph.

St. Peter State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota, established in 1866 under the Kirkbride Plan.[1][2] The original building is mostly demolished[3] though the hospital is still active.

History

The hospital was constructed in 1866 in the Kirkbride design.[4] A fire destroyed the men's ward of the hospital on November 15, 1880.[5] Dr. C.K. Bartlett was the superintendent of the hospital in its early years before resigning in 1894.[5]

References

  1. Hurd 1916, p. 848.
  2. "Letter from Thomas Kirkbride to the Leading Physician at St. Peter State Hospital". Incarceration in the Archive. University of Minnesota. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  3. "Saint Peter State Hospital: Still Standing". Kirkbride Buildings. September 3, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  4. Hurd 1916, pp. 848–851.
  5. 1 2 Hurd 1916, p. 849.

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