Woodmere Hospital

RAZED Woodmere Hospital View all images of Woodmere Hospital

a.k.a. Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane

a.k.a. Evansville State Hospital

Quick Timeline

1890	Hospital opens as Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane
1943	Fire destroys orginal building
2006	Other historic auxilliary buildings are razed

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southern indiana hospital for the insane but commonly called woodmere tree covered grounds built on old howard farm (knight twp) land puchased for $17,000 expanded to wesselman park roberts stadium ue st marys Six winged 3 story administration building completed 1886 opened 1890 southern indiana hospital for the insane renamed evansville state hospital 1927 destroyed by fire feb 9 1943 self sustained by patient labor until 1950s outpatient care and medical advanced rendered the facility obsolete sold off land buildings torn down 2006 in 1880 map vand co asylum n side columbia between lafayette and centre (governor)

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