Ypsilanti State Hospital opened in 1931 in buildings designed by Albert Kahn. At its peak in the 1950s it housed more than 4,000 psychiatric patients. The hospital was closed in 1991, and subsequently demolished. The location now is the home of the Toyota Technical Center.
Resources
- Ypsilanti State Hospital History - opacity.us
- Ypsilanti State Hospital - urban exploration resource
- Ypsilanti State Hospital, Asylum Projects
- Wikipedia: Ypsilanti State Hospital
- Michigan Daily, 09-29-2005
- (1956). The Ypsilanti State Hospital, 1931-1956: and Annual report to the Department of Mental Health, Lansing, Michigan, Mr. Charles F. Wagg, Director, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1956. [Ypsilanti, Mich.: The Hospital]. In the collection of the University of Michigan.