Northern State Mental Hospital - Seattle Terrors
Aug 11, 2021 · In the early 1900s, Washington’s two insane asylums were starting to get a bit overcrowded. In response, that state had the Northern State Mental Hospital built to ease the strain on the system. It quickly became the most crowded hospital in Washington state, with over 2000 patients by the 1950s.
Northern State Hospital | skagit county history
Explore the historic Northern State Hospital—a former mental hospital in Skagit County—through vintage photographs, videos, patient voices, historical narrative by decade, archival documents, resources and events.
Northern State Hospital - Wikipedia
Northern State Hospital is a historic hospital campus in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. [1] It was originally opened in 1912 and closed in 1973. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located 4 miles northeast from the city, and sits off of Washington State Route 20. [1]
Northern State Hospital Is An Abandoned Asylum In Washington
Oct 10, 2023 · This abandoned asylum is a fascinating one to explore. Back in 1909, Washington had two mental hospitals getting overcrowded: Western State in Steilacoom, and Eastern State in Medical Lake, near Spokane. Instead of making these facilities bigger, the state decided to build a third mental institution.
Historic Skagit County mental institution gets a second life
Oct 31, 2019 · Northern State opened in 1913, housing and treating people considered 'insane' by the broad standards of that time. A person could be committed for alcoholism. Or having epilepsy.
Northern State Hospital - Asylum Projects
Hospital closed in 1973 and now parts of the facility are used for Job Corps & also a Drug Rehab.
The mystery of Northern State Hospital in photos
Jul 27, 2023 · Northern State Hospital, an abandoned psychiatric institution in Sedro-Woolley, took in tens of thousands of people from 1909 until it closed in 1973. Today, there’s scant evidence these...
KUOW - This psychiatric hospital shuttered in 1973. But patient ...
There’s an overgrown cemetery nestled in the farmland of the Cascade foothills of Skagit County. It’s the burial grounds for Northern State Hospital, a long-shuttered state mental...
RESOURCES - Northern State Hosp.
Explore the historic Northern State Hospital—a former mental hospital in Skagit County—through vintage photographs, videos, patient voices, historical narrative by decade, archival documents, resources and events.
Documentary: Northern State Hospital and the quest for answers
Jul 16, 2023 · But it wasn’t until she found a death record on a genealogy website that she discovered Northern State Hospital, the now-shuttered Washington mental institution in a small farming town at the...