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37. Lawn and Garden at West Virginia Hospital, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013409
Title:
Lawn and Garden at West Virginia Hospital, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1910/09

38. One of Six Summer Houses, Weston State Hospital, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013410
Title:
One of Six Summer Houses, Weston State Hospital, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1920/06

39. Staff in the Patients' Kitchen, West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013412
Title:
Staff in the Patients' Kitchen, West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1914/06

40. Domitory, Weston State Hospital, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013414
Title:
Domitory, Weston State Hospital, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1924/06

41. West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013415
Title:
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900

42. Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.

IDNO:
027884
Title:
Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
The view includes the state hospital. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

43. Bird's Eye View of Weston, W. Va.

IDNO:
042847
Title:
Bird's Eye View of Weston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
Description:
The view includes the state hospital. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Also known as Weston State Hospital.

44. Man in Front of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, W. Va.

IDNO:
048260
Title:
Man in Front of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Also known as Weston State Hospital.
"The Weston State Hospital, also known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, was constructed in the late 1800s and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. It is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. Today, the hospital is open to historical tours and ghost tours."

45. Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052395
Title:
Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
"The Weston State Hospital, also known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, was constructed in the late 1800s and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. It is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. Today, the hospital is open to historical tours and ghost tours."