Manteno State Mental Hospital
Manteno state hospital formerly manteno state mental hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in rural manteno township in kankakee county illinois.
Manteno state mental hospital. It contains the graves of about 4 000 former patients. It was a psychiatric hospital most densely populated in the mid 1950s. Photo s taken at manteno state hospital. Change also came to what was once the town s largest employer.
The manteno state hospital began construction in 1928 and the first patients were admitted in 1930. In 1975 manteno state hospital went through an organizational shift and was renamed manteno mental health center. Manteno state hospital history in the 1920s a need for an additional illinois mental health facility began to grow as the state hospitals in jacksonville elgin and kankakee became overcrowded. Exclusive letter from one who visited the insane asylum click here to read it.
The facility was authorized in 1927 by the 55th illinois general. Located in rural kankakee county manteno state hospital opened in 1930. In 1929 the cornerstone for the newly dedicated manteno state hospital was placed and the first patients were admitted one year later from nearby. Opened in 1930 on a large tract of land east of the village the hospital was one of the country s.
By 1983 governor jim thompson decided it was finally time to shut the hospital down. Manteno mental hospital or manteno insane asylum. I grew up five miles west of manteno illinois. She has been director of sub region 12 of the department at the tinley park mental health center.
Open for patients from 1930 1985 at its peak it housed over 8 000 patients taking over the name of the nearby town with a population under 2 000. Because of the nature of the hospital information on a patient cannot be released except on a signed consent from a relative. Hospital was the politically correct term to use. Manteno state hospital il now known as the illinois veterans home cemetery originally it belonged to the manteno state hospital until it s closure in 1985.
The cemeteries are large and are located on the far. 2 reviews of manteno state hospital what more appropriate for someone who has now written 1 000 yelp reviews than to review an insane asylum. In the 1960 s the hospital handled approximately 8 000 patients. Also called by many.
Many disturbing things took place here as you can imagine would be the case at a mental hospital during this time period.