Winter At Eastern State Hospital

ID: 4954 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of Artvue Post Card Co. ~ Creator: Artvue Post Card Co. ~ Date: Ca. 1940
This file appears in: A Hospital For Washington's Insane

The "Eastlake" building opened in 1934. It was constructed as part of the Works Project Administration. It houses most of the hospital's patient programs.

This file appears in: A Hospital For Washington's Insane

By Angel L. Rios
Eastern Washington Hospital for The Insane opened in 1891. The first 122 patients were transfers from Western Washington Hospital for The Insane. The hospital represented a break in the way that the mentally ill were cared for in Washington. The…