Many months ago, Mr. Craig Williams, Curator of History at the New York State Museum at Albany, sent me copies of two Willard State Hospital Maps from 1917: Willard West and East. I finally had a chance to work on them. As you can see, the complex was quite large, about 1,000 acres. The Branch (Grand View – Old State Agricultural College) is on the Willard East Map located at the bottom of the page. Click on the maps to enlarge. Willard Map Index
Willard Map West 1917
I cropped the map so that you would be able to see the layout of each building. Chapin House is the Main Building. As far as I can tell, Willard was NOT a Kirkbride Building. The Maples was one of the cottages (detached buildings or blocks), that was built differently than the other three cottages.
97 Chapin House (Main Building)
63 The Maples (DB1)
105 The Pines (DB2)
44 Sunnycroft (DB3)
107 Edgemere (DB4)
Willard Map East 1917
15 Grand View (The Branch)
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Chapin Hall was definitely a small Kirkbride structure; wards F and I were violent wards and the building was modeled after the Pennsylvania Hospital. Maples, Pines, Edgemere, and Sunnycroft were constructed on Kirkbride’s principles as well, although they are too small to be considered classical Kirkbride buildings. Still linear plan. I’ve been in 3 of them, and they conform very well to TSK’s design.
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Great read thannkyou
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Thank you so much for the map! I appreciate all the work — time and effort and love you put into this project. Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you, Barbara.
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