Agnews Insane Asylum
- Also Known As: Agnews Developmental Center
- Also Known As: Agnews State Hospital
- Address: 4000 Lafayette Ave
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Wesley Kern Daniels | Architect | |||||
| Leonard B Willeke | Architect | |||||
| Dr Leonard Stocking | Architect | |||||
| George B McDougall | Architect | |||||
| 1906/00/00 | ||||||
| 1906/04/18 | An earthquake severely damages most of The Great Asylum for the Insane, causing the death of 106 patients and 11 staff. "a number of insane persons having escaped from the demolished asylum, are running at random about the country." Daily Palo Alto | Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | ||||
| 1908/00/00 | Sellon and Hemmings | Architects | Building 4 is built as "Building No 10 - Receiving Building for Women". Later renamed to "Wards A, B, C and D", and then "Female Wards". |
| Particulars for Agnews Insane Asylum: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Area of Significance | Health-medicine |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Historic Use | Hospital |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Disease | Mental Illness |
| Other Description | Mission-Spanish Revival |
| Criteria | Person |
| Historic Use | Sanatorium |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
| Owner | State |
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