Osawatomie State Hospital
Osawatomie State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital established in 1863 and opened in 1866 in Osawatomie, Kansas.[1] It has been named "Kansas Insane Asylum" and the "State Insane Asylum" but was officially changed to its present name in 1901.[2]
Osawatomie State Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | 500 State Hospital Dr, Osawatomie, Kansas, United States |
Coordinates | 38.510246°N 94.94011°W |
Organization | |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Psychiatric |
History | |
Opened | 1855 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Kansas |
References
- Blackmar, Frank W., ed. (1912). The Institutional Care of the Insane in the U.S.A. and Canada, Volume 2, Hurd, et. al., 1916. Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Vol. II. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward. Chicago: Standard Pub. Co. p. 429.
- "Osawatomie State Hospital". KirkbrideBuildings.com.
External links
- Official website
- Publications concerning Osawatomie State Hospital available via the KGI Online Library
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