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Several cows and men in a barnyard, possibly the diary farm at the Weston Insane Asylum

61. Farm at the Weston Insane Asylum

IDNO:
037804
Title:
Farm at the Weston Insane Asylum
Date:
1892
Description:
Several cows and men in a barnyard, possibly the diary farm at the Weston Insane Asylum

62. Weston Insane Hosptial

IDNO:
037805
Title:
Weston Insane Hosptial
Date:
1892
The hospital appears in the background, while the southern part of the town of Weston is in the foreground.

63. West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Weston, W. Va.

IDNO:
037806
Title:
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
1892
Description:
The hospital appears in the background, while the southern part of the town of Weston is in the foreground.
"The Weston State Hospital, also known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, was constructed in the late 1800s and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. It is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. Today, the hospital is open to historical tours and ghost tours."

64. Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052395
Title:
Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
"The Weston State Hospital, also known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, was constructed in the late 1800s and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. It is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. Today, the hospital is open to historical tours and ghost tours."