Mendocino State Hospital, very early post card...

Mendocino State Hospital, built at the beginning of the last century, has also shut down and closed it`s doors...Located north of San Francisco, near Ukiah, California and most likely has just as many infamous horror stories told about it as does Camarillo State Hospital...This hospital was really located in a remote area making escape very difficult for the patients...This photo was taken anywhere from around 1900 to 1910, thereabouts, and it was originally a post card from the hospital, itself...As you can read on the card, it says: "State hospital for insane, Ukiah, California"...They have long since changed the name of mental institutions to just "State Hospitals"...Also, in the photo is shown the original buildings of the hospital when it was built...They have added a lot to it since the time of this photo, however, the hospital has been shut down some yeats ago...

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