HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE
c. 1910B/W postcard.Large public building with stone ground floor and brick upper floor. Bay windows to both floors at either end and a central porch with arched entries and balcony above. Gabled roof and decorative chimneys. Terracing to surrounds and curved drive to entrance.Inscription [HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, CLAREMONT.] on rear [Published by Bulloch Bros., Claremont, W.A. Copyright. Printed in Saxony.]
1903 ?? First male patients admitted. Designed by J H Grainger, Public Works Department principal architect. 25 buildings in crescent shape with Montgomery Hall in centre of crescent. Site on Davies Road, 390 acres on Government reserve. Surrounded by farm land which was farmed, with patient involvement, to help feed inmates and those of other government institutions. Accommodation for 85 patients, workshops and stores completed. 1908 official opening. 1938-41 additions of admission and treatment block leased by Military during WWII. Divided in 1972 to become Graylands Hopsital and Swanbourne Hospital.
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