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Rockhaven Sanitarium Historic District
The Rockhaven Sanitarium Historic District is located in the Crescenta Valley at 2713 Honolulu Avenue in what is now the City of Glendale, California. The Sanatorium, sanitarium for which it is named was opened in 1923 by psychiatric nurse Agnes Richards as a private mental health institution for women with mild mental and nervous disorders. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June 2016 and in 2021 it was announced that it would be developed into a museum. Institution Rockhaven was inspired by principles of the Cottage Plan of Asylum architecture for mental institutions, first developed in the late nineteenth century. The Cottage Plan placed numerous individual buildings within landscaped gardens in order to create a serene, home-like environment for residents. Rockhaven is one of the best examples of an early twentieth-century woman-owned, women-serving private sanitarium in California, and was one of the first of its type in the nation. It re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockhaven Gates
Rock Haven or Rockhaven may refer to: *Rock Haven, Fresno County, California * Rock Haven, San Diego County, California *Rock Haven, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Rockhaven, Saskatchewan *Rock Haven (film), ''Rock Haven'' (film), a 2007 film by David Lewis *Rock Haven (novel), ''Rock Haven'' (novel), a historical romance novel by Adelyn Bushnell {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
