I recommend this tour to anyone with even the slightest interest in history, mental health care, or just a curiosity about these buildings and their story. Eventually, the philosophies regarding mental health began to change, which led to the closing of the traverse city state hospital. Traverse city state hospital, traverse city.
The State Asylum Sara Lynn Paige Hamilton, Oakville
These 5 creepy asylums in michigan from the state’s past are quite disturbing.
Traverse city state hospital the man known to many as rock the hermit was born in.
Later, the name was changed to traverse city state hospital (and also traverse city regional. It is the last kirkbride building of michigan's original four left in the state. W hen asylums were “all the rage,” in mental health, traverse city was home to one of michigan’s finest. Dozens of buildings scattered across 63 acres.
During its peak, it housed 3,500 residents.
The state government opened this hospital due to overcrowding at the pontiac and kalamazoo hospitals. The traverse city state hospital is significant as one of the state's best surviving examples of the kirkbride approach to mental health. A beautiful solution to urban sprawl, the village is the unique renovation of dozens of historic buildings formerly known as the traverse city state hospital. Needless to say, the traverse city state hospital is shrouded in darkness.
Northern michigan asylum first opened on the western edge of traverse city, michigan in november, 1885, under the direction of superindentent dr.
It was first known as the northern michigan asylum and built in 1885. Munson felt that if mentally troubled people could stay at a place surrounded. A history of the traverse city state hospital by william decker. Traverse city state hospital operated for more than 100 years and during those years many stories have evolved about restless spirits and patients who never checked out of the hospital.
Photo courtesy of christine snow.
Well worth the $25 and the time we spent on the tour. The asylum property has been converted into a mall, but special tours of the old buildings are available by appointment. The first superintendent was dr. See more ideas about traverse city, city state, abandoned asylums.
The traverse city state hospital of traverse city, michigan is a decommissioned psychiatric hospital that has been variously known as the northern michigan asylum and the traverse city regional psychiatric hospital.
The traverse city state hospital (also known as the northern michigan asylum) was founded in 1885 and served as a home for the mentally ill for over 100 years. History of traverse city state hospital. It was amazing to see the inside of these buildings and hear their stories. Search worldcat for library copy;
Lloyd of detroit in 1885, documents the approach to psychiatry through architecture which was developed by dr.
Report of the board of commissioners of the northern asylum for the insane at traverse city, michigan, from october 1, 1884, to the full completion of the work, november 10. Looking for personal stories, if you want to share. It was listed on the national register of historic places in 1978 and designated a. Northern michigan asylum opened in 1885 and gradually became a sprawling complex on the western outskirts of traverse city.
Traverse city asylum census records not forgotten this site is to share public records regarding patients and employees of the traverse city asylum, state hospital for the insane, northern michigan asylum, traverse city regional psychiatric hospital.
The reportedly haunted hospital now stands in solitude and in disrepair and one could look through the windows and see the peeling paint and dilapidated furniture and perhaps even a. James decker munson who had a theory that “beauty” could be a form of therapy. The guided tour will walk willing ticketholders through cottage #30, just one building on the sprawling campus of the former traverse city state hospital, also known as the northern michigan asylum. We signed up for the walking tour of the old traverse city state hospital knowing that it would be an informative and interesting tour, but we were delighted by the tour being lead by vanessa, whose personal stories having grown up on and around the grounds gave us an even.
The original asylum building, designed by gordon w.
It was so vast that it had orchards of cherries, peaches and apples, vineyards and vegetable gardens, field crops, and livestock from beef to chickens, horses to pigs.
