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- IDNO:
- 014188
- Title:
- Front Lawn, Spencer State Hospital, Roane County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1922/06
- IDNO:
- 014189
- Title:
- Spencer State Hospital, Roane County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1927/06
- Description:
- View of the ward for the sick male patients at Spencer State Hospital.
- IDNO:
- 014190
- Title:
- Storage Dam, Spencer State Hospital, Roane County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1927/06
- Description:
- View of the storage dam at Spencer State Hospital.
- IDNO:
- 014191
- Title:
- Sun Room, Spencer State Hospital, Roane County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1924/06
- Description:
- An interior view of the sun parlor at Spencer State Hospital.
- IDNO:
- 014192
- Title:
- Christmas Turkeys, Spencer State Hospital, Roane County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1924/06
- Description:
- Twenty turkeys for Christmas Dinner at Spencer State Hospital.
- IDNO:
- 014193
- Title:
- Barn, Spencer State Hospital, Roane County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1916/06
- Description:
- Exterior view of the barn at Spencer State Hospital.
- IDNO:
- 014194
- Title:
- Psycopathic Building, Spencer State Hospital, Roane County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1919/06
- Description:
- Front view of the new Psycopathic Building at the state hospital in Roane County.
- IDNO:
- 047538
- Title:
- Looking Down the Long Brick Building of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989.
- IDNO:
- 047539
- Title:
- Aerial View of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989. As you can see, there was originally no fencing around the building separating patients from the town, and patients were even allowed free access to and from the town and building.
- IDNO:
- 047540
- Title:
- Gathering Room Inside of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Podium and piano are the focal point of the room in front. Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989.
