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Claremont Hospital For The Insane

c. 1910
Overview

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.

Historical information

First male patients admitted c.1903. Designed by J H Grainger, Public Works Department principal architect. Twenty five buildings in a crescent shape with Montgomery Hall in the centre of the crescent. Situated 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. Official opening was in 1908. During 1938-41 admission and treatment block were added. Leased by the military during World War II. Divided in 1972 to become Graylands Hospital and Swanbourne Hospital.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-28--02-73-
Item type
Postcards
Themes
Medicine & Health
Social History
Material
Photographic Paper
Inscriptions and markings

Inscription [HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, CLAREMONT.]
On rear [Published by Bulloch Bros., Claremont, W.A. Copyright. Printed in Saxony.]

Year
c. 1910
Links to additional resources
Claremont Museum.
Copyright category
Date of creation +70 years
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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010
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Claremont Hospital For The Insane
Source: Claremont Museum 02.73

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