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Wayne County was the only one of Michigan's 83 counties that operated a psychiatric hospital, a general hospital, and an infirmary division all at the same place. Michigan's three remaining State-operated in-patient psychiatric facilities are: Caro Center, Caro, Michigan; Kalamazoo Psychiatric Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Walter Reuther ...
The psychiatric division started closing in 1977, and the last patients were transferred out in 1982 when the State of Michigan took over. The general hospital closed in 1986. Inventor Elijah McCoy may be its most famous former resident.
A postcard of Building 50 at the hospital, c. 1935. The Northern Michigan Asylum was established in 1881 as demand for a third psychiatric hospital in addition to those in Kalamazoo and Pontiac began to grow. [2] Lumber baron Perry Hannah, "the father of Traverse City," used his political influence to secure its location in his home town. [5]
The Clinton Valley Center (CVC), originally called the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, was a psychiatric hospital located at 140 Elizabeth Lake Road in Pontiac, Michigan. The facility was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 [ 2 ] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, with a decrease in its ...
Pages in category "Abandoned hospitals in the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
St. Mary's School for Children. St. Mary's School for Children was eventually chosen for an $11-million addition to add 12 beds to its inpatient psychiatric program for children.
Southwest Detroit Hospital is an abandoned hospital located in the Mexicantown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It opened in 1973 as the first Detroit hospital to hire and accredit African American doctors and nurses , which was uncommon in the United States at that time. [ 3 ]
The Ypsilanti State Hospital housed and treated patients for mental health disorders The hospital complex was located at the northeast corner of Platt and Willis roads, in York Charter Township ; one mile south of the boundary with Pittsfield Charter Township and two miles west of the Augusta Charter Township boundary.