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Alabama Hospitals

Alabama Insane Hospital

History: Opened in 1861 in Tuscaloosa AL. It is the oldest and largest inpatient psychiatric facility. Plans for a state hospital began in 1852. Construction began in 1853 and was completed in 1859. It was the first building in Tuscaloosa with gas lighting and central heat. The hospital was eventually renamed for its first superintendent Peter Bryce. In 2009, Bryce Hospital relocated to a newly constructed facility in Tuscaloosa. The University of Alabama took over the original Bryce hospital in 2014. The buildings would house a welcome center, 2 museums focusing on mental health and the history of the university. **Between 1872 and the early 1880s, some of the patients wrote and edited their own newspaper entitled, "The Meteor". The newspapers provide some insight into the life of a progressive mental institution in the late 1800s into the 19th century.
Alternate Names: Alabama State Hospital for the Insane; Bryce Hospital
Available Records/Location: The Meteor (newspaper wrote and edited by patients of the facility. Appear to be digitized.) Alabama Department of Archives and History. (digital version)
Contact Information: Alabama Department of Archives and History ; Alabama Dept of Archives and History Staff Directory

Alabama State Hospital for the Insane

Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, Talladega AL

History: Began as the Alabama School for the Deaf in 1858. Founded by Dr. Joseph Henry Johnson and later becoming the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB) to serve both deaf and blind students in 1870.
Alternate Names: Alabama School for the Deaf; Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
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Bryce Hospital

Huntsville Infirmary

History: Huntsville Hospital was established in 1895 as a small infirmary by a group of civic minded women. Originally had 7 beds and 2 nurses in a small wood frame house on Mill Street. In 1904, the infirmary moved to a new location, expanding its service to 112 patients.
Alternate Names: Huntsville Hospital; Huntsville Hospital Health System (HH Health)
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John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital

History: Originally established as the Tuskegee Institute Hospital & Nurse Training School. Its original purpose was to train nursing students and provide care for faculty members at the Tuskegee Institute. When it was founded, it was the first Black hospital in Alabama. During the pre-Civil War rights era the hospital served as a center for black physicians in the deep south to receive post graduate training as well as for black patients to receive care.
Alternate Names: Tuskegee Institute Hospital & Nurse Training School
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Jackson Hospital

Mobile City Hospital

History: Built in 1830 by Thomas S. James. Operational from 1831-1966. Was administered for by the Sisters of Charity throughout a large part of its history. Residents were treated here for yellow fever as well as during the Civil War. The building was converted to office spaces after 1966 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on Feb. 26, 1970. The original building sits adjacent to the old US Marine Hospital. In 1966, a replacement hospital was opened and called the Mobile General Hospital. The original building was sold to the University of South Alabama in 1970 and renamed the Univ. of South Alabama (USA) Medical Center. Today it is called USA Health University Hospital and is the main teaching hospital for the University of South Alabama College of Medicine.
Alternate Names: University of South Alabama Medical Center; USA Health University Hospital
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Port Hospital

Providence Infirmary, Mobile AL

US Marine Hospital

Alaska Hospitals

Arizona Hospitals

Arkansas Hospitals
Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum, Little Rock AR

Deaf Mute Institute, Little Rock AR

Institute for the Blind, Little Rock AR

Ladies Benevolent Association Hospital, Little AR

History: Established August 1875. Located at the northwest corner of 7th and High
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L.R. & F.S. and L.R.M.R. & F. Ry Hospital, Little Rock AR

U.S. Marine Hospital, Little Rock AR