Fergus Falls State Hospital, 1400 Union Avenue North, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
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| Address: | 1400 Union Avenue N |
| City/locality- State/province | Fergus Falls, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: | Otter Tail County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year Established: | 1888 |
| Founded by: | State of Minnesota |
| Historic Function: | State hospital |
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| National Register of Historic Places Information | |
| Reference Number: | 18 |
| Reference URL: | [Reference] |
| Certification date: | June 26, 1986 |
| Level of significance: | State |
Fergus Falls was the Third Hospital for the Insane, established by the Minnesota Legislature in 1887. The hospital opened in July 1890 when it admitted 80 patients transferred from St. Peter State Hospital. Initially the hospital accepted only male patients, most of whom were from counties north of the Twin Cities. Within its first decade the hospital began to admit female patients. In 1893 the official name of the hospital was changed to Fergus Falls State Hospital. In 1985 the name was changed to Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center. Patients came to the hospital either by being committed by a county probate judge or by volunteering themselves for treatment. Early hospital records list mania, melancholia, and dementia as the most prevalent mental illnesses.
The Minnesota Historical Society Library holds many of the records for the Fergus Falls State Hospital, documenting its operation and patients. Access to some of the patient records is restricted according to state law.Contents |
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[1] Todd Melby's Building Minnesota broadcast on the Fergus Falls State Hospital
Notes
- Agency History record for Fergus Falls State Hospital, Minnesota Historical Society State Archives Notebooks.
- Benjamin Leonard, Fergus Falls State Hospital Patients, 1890-1925 (unpublished M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University, 2000, available for viewing at the Minnesota Historical Society Library).
- Emery Johnson, A Short History of The Fergus Falls State Hospital, Minnesota (Fergus Falls, Minn.: The Hospital, 1972)
