Location Data

Built:	1887	Closed:	n/a
Opened:	1890	Demolished / Renovated:	n/a
Location Age:	125 years	Abandonment:	n/a
Current Status:	Abandoned
Location Genre:	Psychiatric Hospital
Located In:	United States of America

Opened in 1890, this state-operated psychiatric institution was built in a cottage-style plan - where many smaller buildings were favored over the large, singular asylums that were popular at the time. Groups of these buildings on campus were connected in later years to facilitate transportation of staff, patients, and services. Recreational activities were heavily encouraged as treatment in the quiet and remote location of this hospital, including camping, steamboat rides, and dancing. Not much has been published about this hospital operating, or any incidents occurring within.

A group of the connected buildings on the property was purchased by the state correctional department and converted into a 800 bed medium security prison in 1982, and still operates to this day.

* Note: the name "Saint Michaels State Hospital" is a pseudonym; the real name of this location is currently undisclosed.