Osawatomie State Hospital

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Osawatomie State Hospital
Map
Geography
Location500 State Hospital Dr, Osawatomie, Kansas, United States
Coordinates38°30′37″N 94°56′24″W / 38.510246°N 94.94011°W / 38.510246; -94.94011Coordinates: 38°30′37″N 94°56′24″W / 38.510246°N 94.94011°W / 38.510246; -94.94011
Organization
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric
History
Opened1866
Links
Websitewww.kdads.ks.gov/state-hospitals-and-institutions/osawatomie-state-hospital
ListsHospitals in Kansas

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Osawatomie State Hospital". KirkbrideBuildings.com.

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