Fergus Falls State HospitalSuspected

Dated: Opened 1890
Declared purpose: State hospital for the mentally ill (Kirkbride plan)
Today: Survives, largely empty
Build time: First patients 1890
Region: United States
Architect of record: Warren B. Dunnell, architect: about 37 when credited (1888, born 1851). Build time on record: first patients 1890.All architects of record →
On the list as: Suspected

Why it's on the list

A palace-scale Kirkbride hospital in a small prairie town.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A Kirkbride-plan hospital from late in the Kirkbride era, with a tall central tower, in a small prairie town. It closed in 2005.

Why researchers flag it
A palace-scale Kirkbride hospital in a small prairie town.
Late Kirkbride
It opened in 1890, decades after the first Kirkbride hospitals, and still followed the same plan.
Palace on the prairie
A huge brick complex for a town of a few thousand.
Architect of record
Warren B. Dunnell (born 1851) was about 37 when credited with the design in 1888. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.