Title
Bryce Hospital Administration Building, circa 1940
Subject
Mental health facilities
Description
The building built for the Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, was designed by psychiatrist Thomas Kirkbride and architect Samuel Sloan, famed architect of the time. With three wings set in echelon formation, the hospital was an impressive sight. Over the years, extensions were added piecemeal. Ultimately, the hospital was said to have the longest roof line in the world, according to Ripley's Believe It or Not.
The hospital owned 177 acres along the Black Warrior River. The land behind the hospital was used for fields that the patients worked, growing vegetables that help feed the patients.
The Bryce Hospital property was sold to the University of Alabama in 2010. A new 268-bed hospital was constructed at the location of the former W.D. Partlow Developmental Center.
Read more about the history of Bryce Hospital at http://www.mh.alabama.gov/brycehospitalproject/History/BriefHistoryOfBryceHospital.pdf
The hospital owned 177 acres along the Black Warrior River. The land behind the hospital was used for fields that the patients worked, growing vegetables that help feed the patients.
The Bryce Hospital property was sold to the University of Alabama in 2010. A new 268-bed hospital was constructed at the location of the former W.D. Partlow Developmental Center.
Read more about the history of Bryce Hospital at http://www.mh.alabama.gov/brycehospitalproject/History/BriefHistoryOfBryceHospital.pdf
Source
Personal Collection of Jason Townsend
Date
circa 1940
Contributor
Betty Slowe (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
22
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph