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Asylum · Salem, United States
Oregon State Hospital
- Dated
- Opened 1883
- Declared purpose
- State hospital for the mentally ill
- Today
- Survives, still a hospital
- Region
- United States
- On the list as
- Documented
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A Kirkbride-plan hospital in Salem, where One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was filmed. Thousands of unclaimed cremation urns were found there.
Unclaimed urns
About 3,500 copper urns of unclaimed remains were found in storage.
Kirkbride plan
The same staggered plan as other state hospitals.
Questions worth asking
- Who were the people in the unclaimed urns?
Possible original uses
- Hospital
What the photos show
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
