The old Salem County Insane Asylum in Mannington has been named as one of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in the state. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths, 1852–2017 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, is an in-depth exploration of design in the context of mental health, concentrating on the ...

Immigration. Asylum Isn't As Crazy as Trump Claims The president-elect can't tell political asylum from an insane asylum. But a little linguistic history reveals a more compelling American tradition.

This cemented Bloomingdale as a leading force in defining the “insane asylum” as an institution and what its responsibilities would entail. In the early 19th century, the concept of an “asylum” was ...

Ward's, Hart's, and Blackwell's Islands Asylums to be Investigated by. ... TO INVESTIGATE ASYLUMS FOR INSANE.; Action to be Taken by the State Commission in Lunacy. Share full article. May 18, 1894.

The setting is a British insane asylum whose troubled patients on a snowy Christmas Eve in 1899 occupy a once-mannerly estate that has slipped into very ill-mannered debauchery and decay.