Driveway and Rear of Administration Building, West Virginia Asylum, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1924/06
Description:
'L. V. Guthrie, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located at Huntington, Cabell County, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Virginian Railroads, by the Interurban line of the Ohio Valley Electric Railway Company, and by Ohio River steamboats. Number of patients June 30, 1924 was 815.'
Building Number 5, Huntington State Hospital, Cabell County, W. Va.
Date:
1927/06
Description:
'L. V. Guthrie, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is lovated at Huntington, Cabell county, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginian Railroads; by the interurban line of the Ohio Valley Electric Company, by Ohio River steamboats, and by bus or auto on State Routes 8, 10 and 62 and U. S. Route 60. Number of patients june 30, 1927 was 997.'
Women's Ward Building, Huntington State Hospital, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1930/06
Description:
View of Women's Ward Building at Huntington State Hospital. W. D. McClung, M. D., superintendent. Following the death on September 20, 1930, of Dr. L. V. Guthrie, who for nearly 30 years was head of Huntington State Hospital, his widow, Mrs. M. L. Guthrie was appointed by Governor Conley as acting superintendent of that institution, to serve until such a time as Dr. Guthrie's successor should be appointed and qualified. On December 5, 1930, W. D. McClung, M. D., for ten years superintendent of Spencer State Hospital was commissioned by Governor William G. Conley as superintendent of Huntington Hospital. This institution is located at Huntington, Cabell County, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginia Railroads; by the interurban line of the Ohio Valley Electric Company, by Ohio River steamboats, and by bus or auto on State Routes 8, 10, and 62, also U.S. Route 60. Number of patients June 30, 1930 was 996.
