Abandoned hospitals and asylums are some of the most well-worn ... was constructed in 1871 as a part of the Kirkbride Plan. This plan was pioneered by Thomas Story Kirkbride and utilized a new ...

An abandoned mental asylum at the centre ... As part of the treatment method, asylums on the Kirkbride Plan were often placed in secluded sites with expansive grounds, landscaped gardens, and ...

Design for the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane following the ‘Kirkbride Plan.’ Richardson created an architectural plan following physician and psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride’s ...

Once known as the Worcester Lunatic Asylum, the original hospital ... haunted spots in New England The hospital's main Kirkbride building was abandoned in the 1980s and an enormous fire struck ...

It closed 16 years ago, and the hospital remains abandoned - but that doesn't mean ... "It was designed on the principles of Thomas Kirkbride, who was a pioneer in the treatment of the mentally ...