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Clinton Valley Center
Expandable thumbnail photographs by Butch of this abandoned asylum in Pontiac, Michigan, prior to demolition.
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/tcpip/182/cvc1.html
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Insane Asylum Number 3, Nevada, Missouri
Page by London Irwin featuring several historic postcard images of the old Nevada State Hospital.
http://www.lyndonirwin.com/asylum.htm
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Town Sees Red Over Police Vandalism (Weston, West Virginia)
Article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from June 1999 about the former Weston State Hospital in West Virginia. The article gives equal attention to a police vandalism incident and plans to re-use the building.
http://www.postgazette.com/regionstate/19990620paint4.asp
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Michigan Historical Marker - Clinton Valley Center
Michigan Historical Markers page on asylum building designed by Elijah E. Myers and completed in 1878.
http://www.michmarkers.com/Pages/S0437.HTM
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Clinton Valley Center - An Album of Images and History
Historic information along with modern and historic images of the former Pontiac State Hospital in Michigan.
http://historiccvc.8m.com/
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Kirkbride's Hospital
Historic District web page with detailed description of this pioneering Philadelphia hospital and its history.
http://uchs.net/HistoricDistricts/kirkbride.html
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Places in Worcester - Asylum For the Insane
Community page with historic anecdotes from several submitters, and old postcard views.
http://www.worcestermass.com/places/asylum.shtml
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A Brief History of Spring Grove
Chronological history of second oldest mental hospital in the United States, with many illustrations including photos of buildings and building plans.
http://www.springgrove.com/history.html
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Fergus Falls State Hospital Complex
Minnesota Historical Society page with history, context, modern color photos, and links to related historic buildings.
http://nrhp.mnhs.org/property_overview.cfm?propertyID=18
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St. Elizabeths Hospital
Historic Medical Sites page concerning this federal government mental hospital in Washington, D.C., with recent photo of the center of the Kirkbride building.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/elizabeths.html
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