Eola Hall
Exterior View, Eola Hall Museum of Mental Health Collection Add caption here Interior of Eola Hall shortly before demolition. View looking out of nurse's station on first floor. Overview Like [...]
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June 14, 2021
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June 14, 2021
Dome Building
The early part of the twentieth century marked a change in attitudes towards mental health care. While moral therapy attempted to create an environment for patients to work towards recovery, more and more [...]
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June 14, 2021
Yaquina Hall
I have gained more of an insight into the patient’s fears, likes and dislikes than I thought would be possible in less than two weeks. It has given me a chance to judge [...]
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June 14, 2021
McKenzie Hall
Exterior View of McKenzie Hall Museum of Mental Health Collection Classroom interior from McKenzie Hall Museum of Mental Health Collection Overview McKenzie Hall started as a residential facility for the general [...]
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June 14, 2021
Breitenbush Hall
Overview We decided that the unit should be kept small and should be used entirely for treatment and not for custodial care; that the design of the interior should be as free as [...]
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December 13, 2013
Cupid Repaired, 1963
Fifty years ago today, this news story appeared in the Oregon Statesman newspaper: After being knocked over twice by vandals, this statue-fountain of cupid was replaced on the Oregon State Hospital grounds Thursday by [...]
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September 29, 2012
Ward Hall Description, 1883
Listen to a description of wards at the Oregon State Hospital, published in the October 24, 1883 edition of the Morning Oregonian. Morning Oregonian October 24, 1883 A description of these wards serve as a correct [...]
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August 19, 2012
Communication Center, 1963
The following description of the Comm Center and its duties was published in a 1963 open house brochure at the Oregon State Hospital. In 1963, the Comm Center was located in the Kirkbride building just [...]
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April 9, 2012
Bird’s Eye View
T2009.002.427.109 Aerial Photograph, Oregon State Hospital, sometime between 1951 and 1973. Photograph from the collections of the Oregon State Hospital. Image is taken from the southwestern corner facing towards the northeast. The large white building [...]
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March 19, 2012
Blaze Destroys State Hospital Farm Barns, 1931
The following is an article from the Oregon Statesman published May 31, 1931. Blaze Destroys Two State Hospital Farm Barns, Loss $40,000 Excited Inmate Dashes Into Inferno, Saved With Shirt Burned ——– Believed Incendiary; Cattle [...]