Established in 1885, Kings Park Pyschiatric Hospital operated until 1996. The hospital was revolutionary at the time in the sense that it was a departure from the asylums of folklore, which were overcrowded places where gross human rights abuses often took place. The asylum, built by Brooklyn to alleviate overcrowding in its own asylums, was a "Farm Colony" asylum, where patients worked in a variety of farm-related activities, such as feeding livestock and growing food, as this was considered to be a form of therapy for the mentally ill at the time.
As patient populations grew throughout the early part of the 20th century, the hospital itself continued to grow, and by the late 1930s the state began to build upward instead of outward. During this time period, the famous 13-story Building 93 was built. Designed by state architect
William E. Haugaard and funded with
Works Progress Administration money, the building, often dubbed "the most famous asylum building on
Long Island," was completed in 1939 and would be used as an infirmary for the facility's geriatric patients, as well as for patients with chronic physical ailments.
Kings Park Jewish Center est. 1904
The Long Island Sound!
Barred windows with locks!
Map of Nissequogue State Park! Beautiful area.
Connecticut is somewhere around this bend...about an hour or so!
Medical Diagnostic Clinic and Surgical Building!
Established in 1885, Kings Park Pyschiatric Hospital operated until 1996. The hospital was revolutionary at the time in the sense that it was a departure from the asylums of folklore, which were overcrowded places where gross human rights abuses often took place. The asylum, built by Brooklyn to alleviate overcrowding in its own asylums, was a "Farm Colony" asylum, where patients worked in a variety of farm-related activities, such as feeding livestock and growing food, as this was considered to be a form of therapy for the mentally ill at the time.
As patient populations grew throughout the early part of the 20th century, the hospital itself continued to grow, and by the late 1930s the state began to build upward instead of outward. During this time period, the famous 13-story Building 93 was built. Designed by state architect William E. Haugaard and funded with Works Progress Administration money, the building, often dubbed "the most famous asylum building on Long Island," was completed in 1939 and would be used as an infirmary for the facility's geriatric patients, as well as for patients with chronic physical ailments.
Kings Park Jewish Center est. 1904
The Long Island Sound!
Barred windows with locks!
Map of Nissequogue State Park! Beautiful area.
Connecticut is somewhere around this bend...about an hour or so!
Medical Diagnostic Clinic and Surgical Building!
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