Links
Below is a collection of links to sites focusing on specific Kirkbride asylums or on wider, related topics. When a site focuses on a particular institution, it is included under the heading of that institution. More general sites are included under more general headings.
Arkansas State Hospital
- Arkansas State Hospital
- A history of this institution. Includes photographs of the Kirkbride building which was demolished in the 1960s.
Athens State Hospital
- Athens Mental Health Center
- Forgotten Ohio's page on Athens State Hospital. Features several historical images.
- Kennedy Museum of Art
- The art museum now housed in the Athens Kirkbride administration building.
Buffalo State Hospital
- The Richardson-Olmsted Complex
- Web site for the Richardson Center Corporation—a non-profit organization with a mission of preserving the old Buffalo State Hospital complex.
Pontiac State Hospital
- Clinton Valley Center
- Site dedicated to this Pontiac, Michigan asylum. Includes many photographs of its Kirkbride building.
Danvers State Hospital
- Danvers State Insane Asylum
- Many interior and exterior photos of Danvers State Hospital as it is today and information about its history.
- Jeremy Barnard Photography
- Professional photographer's images of DSH — interior and exterior — after it was closed.
Dixmont State Hospital
- Ohio Trespassers
- Exploration site with many current and historical photos of Dixmont State Hospital.
Fergus Falls State Hospital
- Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center
- Photographs of the Kirkbride building in Fergus Falls, Minnesota at fergusphotos.com. Includes information on the building's current state.
- Historic Asylum - Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center
- Photos of the Fergus Falls Kirkbride building and other buildings at the former RTC.
Greystone Park State Hospital
- Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
- A site documenting the entire Greystone Park hospital — including the enormous Kirkbride. Contains many current and historical images of the buildings there.
Kalamazoo State Hospital
- Kalamazoo State Hospital
- A few black & white photographs of one of the Kirkbride buildings formerly in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Nevada State Hospital
- Insane Asylum Number 3. 1907-08.
- Historical photos from the 1907-08 annual report for Insane Asylum Number Three in Nevada, Missouri.
Northampton State Hospital
- 1856.org
- Created to document a memorial installation at Northampton State Hospital (Nov. 2000). Includes historical information and images.
Spring Grove Hospital
- Spring Grove Hospital Center History
- History and images of the United States' second-oldest psychiatric center. Includes a virtual tour of the hospital's Kirkbride building (demolished in 1964).
Traverse City State Hospital
- Traverse City State Hospital
- Information on Traverse City State Hospital's past, present, and future.
- The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
- A unique preservation of historic buildings, including the Kirkbride, at the former Traverse City State Hospital.
Weston State Hospital
- The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
- Information on the history and future of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (Weston State Hospital).
Worcester State Hospital
- Places of the Past, Asylum For the Insane
- A collection of community thoughts and memories about Worcester State Hospital on WorcesterMass.com.
General
- Abandoned Asylum
- Photos of abandoned asylums in the United States.
- Asylum Projects
- Archive of historical and current information about asylums around the world.
- Callan Park
- Site promoting preservation of Callan Park parkland, home to Rozelle Hospital, as public open space. The Australian hospital's original building was influenced by the Kirkbride Plan.
- dmoz Open Directory Project
- Kirkbride-related web sites listed in the dmoz Web directory.
- Historic Asylums
- Exhaustive list of historic American asylums. Information on individual facilities, including many Kirkbrides.
- Kirkbride Buildings (collection)
- More of my Kirkbride photos on Flickr.
- Kirkbride Buildings (group)
- A collection of several photographers' Kirkbride photos on Flickr.
- Kirkbride Family History
- Excerpts from a genealogical history written by Sherman Kirkbride.
- The Manteno Project
- Deep resource of information on Manteno State Hospital (non-Kirkbride psychiatric hospital) in Manteno, Illinois.
- Metropolitan State Hospital
- History and photos of Massachusett's Metropolitan State Hospital (non-Kirkbride psychiatric hospital).
Photography & Exploration
- Abandoned But Not Forgotten
- Abandoned, historical and unusual locations throughout various U.S. states and other countries.
- Asylum Ave Artists
- Web site for the upcoming book Behind the Walls: Shadows of New England's Forgotten Asylums.
- Chris Payne Photo
- Documentation of vanishing historical structures.
- Contamination Zone
- Urban exploration site by a photographer based in the south east of England.
- Deborah Nadeau Photography
- The photography of Deborah Nadeau. Includes photos of abandoned buildings.
- Designed Breakdown
- Urban exploration photography by Christina Tullo.
- Desolate Metropolis
- Photographs of abandoned buildings and many other places.
- Diane Deaton-Street Photography
- The photogaphy of Diane Deaton-Street. Includes many photos of abandoned places and objects.
- Ethan McElroy's Photos
- My photos on Flickr.
- Forbidden Places
- Slyv's collection of photos and video from a wide variety of abandoned locations around the world.
- Gray Photography
- John Gray's online portfolio documentating architectural environments.
- Hours of Darkness
- A collection of nighttime and low-light photographs by two self-taught, New York photographers.
- Iguana Photo
- The photography of Paul Mange Johansen and Max Page.
- Infiltration
- An online companion to the zine about going places you're not supposed to go.
- Mustard Gas Party
- Photographic Essays — images of modern ruins, including a number of abandoned asylums.
- Preservation Photo
- A group specializing in architectural photography with a strong interest in historic preservation. Includes photos of the St Elizabeths and Weston State Hospital Kirkbride buildings.
- Nicole Rork
- Nicole Rork's photography site — photos of abandoned buildings in Detroit.
- Under City
- "A guerrilla historian in Gotham" — a thorough investigation of the city.
- Urbanized
- Photography by Robert Stephens reflecting his interest in urban decay and the urban landscape.
- Urb-Ex.com
- Thierry's explorations of abandoned Belgium.
Related Books
- America's Care of the Mentally Ill: A Photographic History
- Pictorial history of mental health care in the United States from 1844 to the present.
- Angels in the Architecture
- Heidi Johnson's contemporary photographs of the former Northern Michigan Asylum are juxtaposed with rare historical images from private collections and state archives.
- The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States
- Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from America's earliest purpose-built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the nineteenth century.
- The Art of Asylum-Keeping
- Thomas Story Kirkbride and the origins of American psychiatry.
- Asylum: A Mid-Century Madhouse and Its Lessons about Our Mentally Ill Today
- Dr. Enoch Callaway's memoirs of life and work at Worcester State Hospital in the 1950s and 60s.
- Asylum for the Insane: A History of Kalamazoo State Hospital
- Dr. William A. Decker gives readers a comprehensive view of Michigan's first psychiatric facility including the architectural style and plans.
- Dixmont State Hospital (Images of America)
- Through historic photographs, Dixmont State Hospital opens up this world that was off limits to the general public but was alive with festivals, celebrations, and the successful treatment of patients.
- The Eclipse of the State Mental Hospital
- Explores the role played by state mental hospitals in the current system of care for the seriously mentally ill.
- The Mad Among Us
- Grob traces the growth of psychiatry as a medical specialty along with changes in public policy and social attitudes.
- Mad In America
- Robert Whitaker's disturbing exposé of the cruel and corrupt business of treating mental illness in America.
- Traverse City State Hospital (Images of America)
- This book traces the history of this great institution, from the local and mental health context in which it was founded, through its growth, development, and decline, and finally to its renovation and preservation as a vital part of the Traverse City community
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