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Hudson River State Hospital

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Item Must Be Returned Within30 Days
BrandUnbranded
MPN9781467129695
Item Length9.2in.
Item Height0.3in.
Item Width6.5in.
AuthorLynn Rightmyer
FormatTrade Paperback
LanguageEnglish
PublisherArcadia Publishing
SeriesImages of America Ser.
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Number Of Pages128 Pages

Hudson River State Hospital For 141 years, Hudson River State Hospital was home to tens of thousands of individuals suffering from mental illness.Famous architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux drafted the main building in 1869. The facility grew from a 208-acre parcel in 1871 with seven patients to 752 acres with five dozen separate buildings containing nearly 6,000 patients in 1954. The main building was constructed on a Kirkbride plan, a treating philosophy centered around an ornate building of equal proportions staffed by employees who integrated dignity and compassion into health care. Famous architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux drafted the main building in 1869. The landscape was penned by Frederick Law Olmsted, perhaps best known for the design of New York City's Central Park.

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