Established in May of 1848, this hospital was the first building built along the specifications of the Kirkbride plan. It was also the first hospital for the treatment of mental illness built in the state of New Jersey. It was founded due to the petitioning of Dorothea Dix. She always felt a special connection to this hospital, and she lived out the last few years of her life in a private apartment in the hospital. The following pictures were not taken in the Kirkbride building, but rather the congregation building just to the east of it.
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