Central State Mental Hospital Indianapolis
Complex buildings in the area housed mentally ill patients including the criminally insane.
Central state mental hospital indianapolis. Despite opening in the mid 1800s the hospital reached its height around 1950 when there were 2 500 patients at the hospital. Installed indiana historical bureau the indiana medical history museum and reverie estates. This psychiatric treatment hospital opened in 1848 and can be found on tibbs avenue washington street warman avenue and vermont street. Purchased at the rate of 33 125 per acre the property passed to.
For hoosier storytellers with a taste for the macabre the central state hospital is a familiar theme. Central state hospital was the first state mental hospital in indiana. Central state mansion at 202 steeples blvd indianapolis marion county 46222. Specialists join the csh medical staff.
Bolton was selected due to its proximity to the state capitol. In 1848 this building the indiana hospital for the insane also known as the central state asylum opened its doors. Central state hospital was brought into existence by an act of the 1844 1845 indiana general assembly which provided for the procuring of a suitable site for the erection of a state lunatic asylum the property consisting of 160 acres of farmland belonging to n. The central indiana hospital for the insane was erected in 1848 with a goal of treating people with mental illnesses at a state hospital.
It opened in 1848 as the indiana hospital for the insane. After several scandals new medications and a shift towards the care of mental health patients central state hospital closed in 1994. The name may not sound very progressive to modern ears but it was for its time. Sarah stockton m d 1842 1924 the new pathology department and scientific research.
Its residents ranged from those suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts to those with extreme mental imbalances. Just using the word hospital implied that this was a place for healing. Indianapolis metropolitan development commission on wednesday approved the sale of the 160 acre 0 65 km 2 former westside home of central state hospital. The buyer a private joint venture called high mark development will start negotiating with the city to find new uses for the site which held a hospital for the mentally ill for nearly.
49 2016 3 visit the indiana history blog to learn about dr. The defunct institution on the near west side of indianapolis treated and housed many of the. Many thanks to the indiana state library and indiana medical history museum for sharing resources. Central state hospital s medical staff and the emergence of scientific medicine.