The New Hampshire State Hospital was established in 1842, the 17th such hospital in the US and the 7th in New England. Planning began in 1830. After numerous studies and discussions, the NH Legislature chartered the NH Asylum for the Insane in 1838. The name was later changed to the NH State Hospital.
The History of New Hampshire Hospital (15 pages) details the opening of the Main Building and then 50 years later the building and opening of the remaining campus buildings through the 1989 opening of the last building, the Acute Psychiatric Center. This document provides a brief history of each building with pictures of the buildings as they look today on the 120 acre campus. |
