0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 4 items (1 oversize folder)
Creator
Weston State Hospital
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Materials related to Weston State Hospital (formerly the Lunatic Asylum at Weston). Includes: 1) "Front Elevation of Lunatic
Asylum, West of the Alleghany Mountains", "R. Snowden Andrews, Architect, Baltimore, MD" (1859; 12 1/2 in. x 49 in.); 2) "West
Virginia Hospital for the Insane, at Weston" (undated); 3) State Hospital in Weston, from German edition of Frank Leslie's
Illustrated (undated); 4) "New State Hospital for the Insane, At Weston", from Frank Leslie's Illustrated (1880). See also
"Report of the Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghany Mountains, 1859" in the Printed Ephemera Collection, cataloged under P10600.
It includes a report from the Board of Directors to Virginia Governor Henry Wise, financial estimates for construction of
the hospital, and a report from the architect R. Snowden Andrews.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Weston State Hospital, Front Elevation and Illustrations, A&M 4071, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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