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Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa
It was the old Saint Louis State Hospital, one of the largest and most imposing structures ever built in the U.S.: https://www.asylumprojects.org/index...State_Hospital
It once held 2,000 people. Due to budget cuts and lawsuits, they downsized to a new building that can only accommodate 200 people. The remaining 1,800 were released back into the city where I'm sure they're all now CEOs and lawyers.
They then mutilated the State Hospital and it now looks like this:
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It's peak patient population was 3900 in 1953—says so right at the link you posted. I guess "mutilated" isn't inaccurate since the demolished wings were quality historic architecture (circa 1907), but what remains is what was originally constructed in the 1860s, prior to the wing additions. Lastly, is there a reference to support your claim that "the remaining 1,800 were released back into the city"?