Forgotten Landmark-Western Mental Health Institute, Bolivar, TN
Last Updated on Saturday, 13 August 2011 05:27 Written by caddofl Saturday, 13 August 2011 05:27
West Tennessee Hospital for the Insane (now Western Mental Health Institute) in Bolivar opened with the transfer of 156 patients from Nashville in 1889. By 1939, the institute occupied a tract of 640 acres and had accommodations for 1,850 patients. In 1932, a building similar in design and accommodation to the main building was built for African-Americans.
Main Building, Western Mental Health Institute, Bolivar, TN
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