Terrell State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital located in Terrell, Texas, United States. Opened in 1885, it was originally known as the North Texas Lunatic Asylum.[1] The original hospital building was built according to the Kirkbride Plan.[2]
| Terrell State Hospital | |
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 Terrell State Hospital, original building | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Terrell, Texas, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Texas Department of State Health Services |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | |
| Opened | July 14, 1885[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
Notable people
edit- Oscar Branch Colquitt - 25th Governor of Texas, served on the board of managers.[3]: 402
References
edit- ^ a b c d Hart, Brian (1 July 1995) [1976]. "Terrell State Hospital". Handbook of Texas Online. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Terrell State Hospital". Kirkbride Buildings. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ Lucko, Paul M. (1 January 2003). "The Governor and the Bat: Prison Reform during the Oscar B. Colquitt Administration, 1911-1915". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 106 (3). Texas State Historical Association: 396–471. ISSN 0038-478X. JSTOR 30239345. OCLC 1766223. p. 402:
Colquitt, who formerly served on the board of managers for the Terrell State Insane Asylum, did, however, express a great deal of empathy for prisoners and other wards of the state.
Further reading
edit- Britton, Benny (2008). Terrell State Hospital, 1883–2008. Volunteer Services Council of Terrell State Hospital. OCLC 464640093.
- Keller, Mabel Covington (August 1950). "VI. Terrell". History of Kaufman County, Texas (MSc). pp. 122–123. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library.
- Yanni, Carla (12 April 2007). The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States (First ed.). University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-4940-2. LCCN 2007003766. OL 8070992M.
- "Who's Mental and Who's Dead?". The Rag. Vol. 9, no. 31. 2 July 1975. p. 8. ISSN 0033-8621. JSTOR community.28043358. OCLC 1586244.
External links
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