Western State Hospital is the biggest mental facility west of the Mississippi River, located in a suburb of Tacoma. Despite its enormous size, a sister site, Eastern State Hospital near Spokane was built to handle overcrowding issues in the facility during its early days of opera

Seattle, Washington
Martha Washington Institute Information:
Martha Washington Institute, otherwise known as the Martha Washington School for Girls was located at Brighton Beach on Lake Washington. Prior to being located here, it occupied two other locations, one on Queen Anne Hi

Bartonville State Hospital, also known as Peoria State Hospital or Illinois Hospital for the Incurable Insane was originally built in 1897 but the original building was never occupied because of structural problems. It had been built on top of old mine shafts that had collapsed, so the building was torn down and Dr. George Zeller, a pioneer in the mental health field at the time, oversaw the rebuilding of the new hospital. The new hospital was reopened in 1902; it was built using a cottage system and there were 33 separate buildings which housed patients. There were also a store, a power house, a nurse building, a laundry, a bakery, a kitchen and even a power house on the hospital grounds. The most revolutionary feature of the hospital was it’s lack of window restraints or bars. Not using these was unheard of at the time.

Bartonville, IL Illinois, USA

Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city of approximately 30,000 residents in northern West Virginia. The city is situated partially in Ohio County and partially in Marshall County.
Wheeling was the first capital of West Virginia.
Capitol Music Hall Information:
The Capitol