Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane

The Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane is a former state hospital in Willard, New York, near Seneca Lake.

Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane
LocationWillard, New York
Coordinates42°40′45″N 76°52′46″W
Built1869
ArchitectGeorge Rowley
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No.75001229[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1975

The Willard drug treatment center was opened in 1995 on the campus of the former Willard Psychiatric State Hospital, a facility for mental patients.

In 1995, some 400 suitcases that were brought in by the patients were discovered in an asylum attic.[2][3]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. Oatman-Stanford, Hunter (November 5, 2012). "Abandoned Suitcases Reveal Private Lives of Insane Asylum Patients". collectorsweekly. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. Davies, Lucy (February 12, 2013). "Emotional baggage: the secret lives hidden in 500 suitcases". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2017.




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