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Manteno State Hospital (formerly Manteno State Mental Hospital) was a
Indian Oaks Academy
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Manteno Madness
Time magazine, Monday, October 23, 1939 (Typhoid outbreak)
The Manteno ProjectManteno State Hospital at the Legends and Lore of IllinoisIllinois Veterans Home - Manteno
Indian Oaks AcademyAsylum Projects Manteno info & history
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Manteno State Hospital (formerly Manteno State Mental Hospital) was a psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociat ...
located in rural Manteno Township in Kankakee County, Illinois
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.
Founding
The facility was authorized in 1927 by the 55th Illinois General Assembly with its first patients arriving in December 1930. In 1954, the patient population peaked at 8,195. In 1983, the facility was authorized for closure by GovernorJames R. Thompson
James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020), also known as Big Jim Thompson, was an American attorney and politician who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. A moderate Republican who sometimes took more ...
and closed on December 31, 1985.
History
In October 1986, the Illinois Veterans home at Manteno was dedicated and still operates on a portion of the grounds of the original psychiatric facility while numerous other building have been demolished. There are very few buildings left; for example, the Morgan Cottage is left along with the sewage plant. These buildings are abandoned but left in original condition. Many other buildings have been renovated for other uses as of July 2009. The site was redeveloped as a VA home, an industrial park, and a portion of the grounds is now the Manteno Municipal golf course. A state hospitalcemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
is to the east of the site. The grounds are the now the home of numerous housing developments including a residential treatment center for males and females ages 12 to 21 called Indian Oaks Academy, which is a member of the Nexus family of treatment programs./ref>
See also
*List of Veterans Affairs medical facilities
Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4-10, 12 and 15–23) In January 2002, the Veterans Health Administration announced the merger of VISNs 13 and 14 to create a new, combined netw ...
* Jerome Y. Lettvin, head psychiatrist circa 1950
References
External links
Manteno Madness
Time magazine, Monday, October 23, 1939 (Typhoid outbreak)
The Manteno Project
Indian Oaks Academy
Hospital buildings completed in 1930 1985 disestablishments in Illinois Buildings and structures in Kankakee County, Illinois Defunct hospitals in Illinois Hospitals established in 1930 Hospitals disestablished in 1985 Psychiatric hospitals in Illinois {{Illinois-hospital-stub