Looking Down the Long Brick Building of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.

Identifier:

047538

Collection Number:

2523

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.

Subjects:

Counties--Roane., Hospitals., Counties--Roane--Hospitals.

Corporate Names:

Spencer State Hospital (Spencer, W. Va.)

Acquisition Source:

Gravely Studios

Acquisition Method:

Gift

Medium:

film negative

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView