Misplaced Pages

Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 15:14, 21 January 2017 editSeicer (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users20,321 edits CleanupTag: Visual edit← Previous edit Latest revision as of 06:03, 13 January 2025 edit undoSer Amantio di Nicolao (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators6,315,113 editsm add {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}Tag: AWB 
(22 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
⚫ {{Infobox NRHP | name =Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane
{{Infobox NRHP
| nrhp_type =nrhp
⚫ | name = Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane
⚫ | image = WILLARD ASYLUM FOR THE CHRONIC INSANE, SENECA COUNTY.jpg
| caption = | nrhp_type = nrhp
⚫ | image = WILLARD ASYLUM FOR THE CHRONIC INSANE, SENECA COUNTY.jpg
| location= ]
| caption =
⚫ | coordinates = {{coord|42|40|45|N|76|52|46|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = New York#USA | location = ]
⚫ | coordinates = {{coord|42|40|45|N|76|52|46|W|display=inline,title}}
⚫ | area =
| locmapin = New York#USA
⚫ | built =1869
⚫ | area =
⚫ | architect= Unknown
⚫ | built = 1869
⚫ | architecture= Second Empire
⚫ | architect = George Rowley
⚫ | added = March 7, 1975
⚫ | architecture = Second Empire
| governing_body = State
⚫ | added = March 7, 1975
| refnum=75001229<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | refnum = 75001229<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
}} }}
The '''Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane''' is a former state hospital in ], near ]. It was listed on the ] in 1975. The '''Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane''' is a former state hospital in ], United States, which is listed on the ].


In 1865 the ] authorized the establishment of The Willard Asylum for the Insane.<ref>{{cite journal|title=An act to authorize the establishment of a State Asylum for the chronic insane, and for the better care of the insane poor, to be known as 'The Willard Asylum for the Insane.'|journal=]|volume=]|year=1865|pages=562–565|hdl=2027/nyp.33433090738380|issn=0892-287X|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433090738380?urlappend=%3Bseq=574}} Chapter 342, enacted 8 April 1865, effective immediately.</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=An act changing the name of the several state asylums for the insane.|journal=]|volume=]|year=1890|pages=313–314|hdl=|issn=0892-287X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWQ4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA313}} Chapter 132, enacted 18 April 1890, effective immediately.</ref> Opened in 1869, the asylum offered low-cost custodial care.<ref>Dwyer, Ellen. Homes for the Mad: Life inside two nineteenth-century asylums. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987.</ref> The Willard drug treatment center was opened in 1995 on the campus of the former Willard Psychiatric State Hospital, a facility for mental patients.
The Willard drug treatment center was opened in 1995 on the campus of the former Willard Psychiatric State Hospital, a facility for mental patients.


In 1995, some 400 suitcases that were once brought in by the patients were discovered in an asylum attic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338714/The-chilling-pictures-suitcases-left-New-York-insane-asylum-patients-locked-away-rest-lives.html|title=The chilling pictures of suitcases left in a New York insane asylum by patients who were locked away for the rest of their lives|accessdate=2015-03-10}}</ref> In 1995, some 400 suitcases that were brought in by the patients were discovered in an asylum attic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/abandoned-suitcases-reveal-private-lives-of-insane-asylum-patients/|title=Abandoned Suitcases Reveal Private Lives of Insane Asylum Patients|publisher=collectorsweekly |first=Hunter |last=Oatman-Stanford |date=November 5, 2012 |accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/9853380/Emotional-baggage-the-secret-lives-hidden-in-500-suitcases.html|title=Emotional baggage: the secret lives hidden in 500 suitcases|newspaper=] |date=February 12, 2013 |first=Lucy |last=Davies|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
Line 24: Line 25:


==External links== ==External links==
{{commons category-inline}}
* at Abandoned * at Abandoned
* at Asylum Projects * at Asylum Projects
* at NYSAsylum * at NYSAsylum


{{Registered Historic Places}}
{{New York Psychiatric Centers}} {{New York Psychiatric Centers}}

{{authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Willard Asylum For The Chronic Insane}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Willard Asylum For The Chronic Insane}}
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]




{{SenecaCountyNY-NRHP-stub}} {{SenecaCountyNY-NRHP-stub}}
{{NewYork-hospital-stub}}

Latest revision as of 06:03, 13 January 2025

United States historic place
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane is located in New YorkWillard Asylum for the Chronic InsaneShow map of New YorkWillard Asylum for the Chronic Insane is located in the United StatesWillard Asylum for the Chronic InsaneShow map of the United States
LocationWillard, New York
Coordinates42°40′45″N 76°52′46″W / 42.67917°N 76.87944°W / 42.67917; -76.87944
Built1869
ArchitectGeorge Rowley
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No.75001229
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1975

The Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane is a former state hospital in Willard, New York, United States, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1865 the Legislature authorized the establishment of The Willard Asylum for the Insane. Opened in 1869, the asylum offered low-cost custodial care. The Willard drug treatment center was opened in 1995 on the campus of the former Willard Psychiatric State Hospital, a facility for mental patients.

In 1995, some 400 suitcases that were brought in by the patients were discovered in an asylum attic.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "An act to authorize the establishment of a State Asylum for the chronic insane, and for the better care of the insane poor, to be known as 'The Willard Asylum for the Insane.'". Laws of New York. 88th sess.: 562–565. 1865. hdl:2027/nyp.33433090738380. ISSN 0892-287X. Chapter 342, enacted 8 April 1865, effective immediately.
  3. "An act changing the name of the several state asylums for the insane". Laws of New York. 113th sess.: 313–314. 1890. ISSN 0892-287X. Chapter 132, enacted 18 April 1890, effective immediately.
  4. Dwyer, Ellen. Homes for the Mad: Life inside two nineteenth-century asylums. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987.
  5. Oatman-Stanford, Hunter (November 5, 2012). "Abandoned Suitcases Reveal Private Lives of Insane Asylum Patients". collectorsweekly. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  6. Davies, Lucy (February 12, 2013). "Emotional baggage: the secret lives hidden in 500 suitcases". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

External links

Media related to Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane at Wikimedia Commons

State of New York psychiatric hospitals
Adult / children facilities Flag of New York
Adult facilities
Children's facilities
Forensic facilities
Research facilities
Closed facilities
Sanatorium


This article about a historic property or district in Seneca County, New York, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article relating to a hospital in New York is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: