Osawatomie State Hospital

Osawatomie State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital established in 1863 and opened in 1866 in Osawatomie, Kansas.[1] It has been named "Kansas Insane Asylum" and the "State Insane Asylum" but was officially changed to its present name in 1901.[2]

Osawatomie State Hospital
Geography
Location500 State Hospital Dr, Osawatomie, Kansas, United States
Coordinates38.510246°N 94.94011°W / 38.510246; -94.94011
Organization
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric
History
Opened1866
Links
Websitewww.kdads.ks.gov/state-hospitals-and-institutions/osawatomie-state-hospital
ListsHospitals in Kansas

References
  1. Blackmar, Frank W., ed. (1912). The Institutional Care of the Insane in the U.S.A. and Canada, Volume 2, Hurd, et. al., 1916. p. 429. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Osawatomie State Hospital". KirkbrideBuildings.com.



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