Eastern Maine Insane Hospital, Bangor, 1896
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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An architectural drawing for the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital.
The hospital, the second state mental health facility built in Maine, sits atop Hepatica Hill. It opened on July 1, 1901.
It was built because of overcrowding at the hospital in Augusta, which opened in 1840.
It was thought that patients needed rest and the site was away from downtown Bangor.
Other Information
- Title: Eastern Maine Insane Hospital, Bangor, 1896
- Creator: John Calvin Stevens
- Creation Date: 1896
- Subject Date: 1896
- Town: Bangor
- County: Penobscot
- State: ME
- Media: Architectural drawing
- Local Code: OS1-D-9, JCS0599-3-1899
- Collection: John Calvin Stevens
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Hospital architecture
Mental health
Architectural drawings--1890-1900--Maine--Bangor
Hospitals--Maine--Bangor
People
Other Keywords
Architecture, buildings & monuments
Arts, literature & entertainment
asylum
medicine
mental illness
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