231:
218:
29:
133:
192:
a work program: cooking, maintenance, and making baskets, rugs, clothing and bedsheets. Like all institutions of its time, Matteawan included extensive acreage for farming to feed its residents. Up to 700 acres (280 ha) were devoted to vegetable and fruit cultivation, a dairy farm, a piggery and pasture land for the animals. Barns and other farm buildings were built down the hill from the asylum. These included a tool shed built in 1900, a greenhouse (1919), a large residence hall for male patients and staff assigned to work the farm (1932) and a horse stable (1933).
626:
191:
Except for tighter security, Matteawan functioned the same as the state's civil hospitals. Doctors prescribed a program of "moral treatment" developed in the early 1800s. It consisted of kind and gentle treatment in a stress-free, highly routine environment. Patients who were capable were assigned to
258:
The
Matteawan "colony farm" was closed in the mid-1960s when the director decided that farming was not relevant training for a patient population drawn principally from New York City. ("Relevance" was a consideration that arose during the 1960s for many institutions. In this case, the prison system
372:
On
January 1, 1977, the New York Department of Mental Hygiene opened the Central New York Psychiatric Center (CNYPC) a special forensic mental health facility which was located on the grounds of the Beacon complex (CNYPC was relocated to a portion of Marcy State Hospital in September of that year).
179:
and the
Fishkill Mountains. Architect Isaac Perry, known for finishing work on the New York State Capitol, was hired to design the main hospital building with "an abundance of light and ventilation" to accommodate 550 patients. In April 1892, the Asylum for Insane Criminals, with 261 patients, was
267:
Patients were given outdoor exercise in the courtyards twice daily and motion pictures were shown weekly. Radios and phonographs were available on the wards. Patients played softball, tennis, bowling, handball, shuffleboard, volleyball, chess, checkers, cards, gymnastics, ping pong and
230:
187:
would hold male convicts who became insane while serving their sentences, and had the power to retain them if they remained insane at expiration of their sentences. Matteawan would hold unconvicted males as well as females in both categories.
162:
The hospital confined and treated individuals who were committed to it by criminal courts and who were declared insane while serving their sentences at state institutions. The
Superintendent of State Prisons had control over the hospital.
217:
204:
who had been placed there after committing several murders and arsons. Attendant Wicks is the first known female law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in the United States. She had served with the
28:
206:
519:
Dr. Raymond
Francis Charles Kieb, former State Correction Commissioner and an international authority on criminal insanity, died yesterday in Vassar Hospital. He was 74 years old. Dr. Kieb retired in 1942
132:
443:
485:
550:
958:
943:
63:
938:
502:"Dr. Kieb Is Dead. Long A State Aide, Former Correction Chief, 74, Was the Superintendent at Matteawan for 27 Years Appointed by Smith. Favored Long Prison Terms"
933:
447:
543:
884:
536:
124:
763:
711:
175:
for $ 25,000. The site was rural, yet accessible by rail and offered good tillable land, pure water and pleasant scenery between the
171:
In 1886, a New York State legislative commission recommended the purchase of the 246-acre (100 ha) Dates Farm in the village of
732:
879:
839:
789:
600:
706:
701:
691:
864:
814:
696:
844:
686:
389:
377:
156:
737:
376:
Some buildings from the former
Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane now serve as part of the medium-security
824:
794:
184:
727:
580:
501:
809:
660:
650:
297:
56:
313:– Irish-American serial killer who murdered at least four people, including one of the hospital's nurses. Died in 1918.
953:
834:
819:
779:
742:
670:
590:
610:
615:
849:
665:
655:
605:
595:
948:
239:
784:
889:
874:
758:
645:
585:
284:
The hospital's cemetery, which includes the remains of nearly 1,000 patients that died there, is just south of
640:
869:
854:
799:
907:
804:
354:
285:
147:
by an 1892 law (Chapter 81), functioned as a hospital for insane criminals. It was located in the town of
859:
625:
426:
243:
912:
250:
were performed. By 1949 the facility, originally built for 550, housed almost 1,500 men and 250 women.
566:
486:
Hughes, C.J., "Hudson Valley
Psychiatric Hospitals: Insane Asylums and Psych Centers of Upstate NY",
408:
180:
relocated from Auburn to its new site. The following year, it was renamed
Matteawan State Hospital.
272:. At Christmas and other special occasions, there were teas for the women, smokes for the men and "
172:
829:
148:
471:
246:
were employed regularly at the hospital. Hypnosis and group therapy sessions followed and three
234:
1926 aerial photo of
Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane showing new construction
563:
350:
330:
152:
528:
460:
326:
310:
201:
506:
344:
320:
927:
360:
259:
de-emphasized farming. Since then, DOCS has revitalized its agribusiness program.)
176:
338:
334:
200:
In 1906, head attendant Nellie Wicks was killed when she was stabbed by inmate
899:
559:
316:
273:
444:"Dateline: Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane opened in 1892"
183:
In 1899, another prison mental hospital was built on the grounds of
Clinton.
78:
65:
247:
221:
1926 aerial photo of Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
269:
229:
216:
131:
136:
Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane men's day room
532:
461:"Beacon Correctional Facility" at Prison Talk, October 16, 2004
427:"Matteawan State Hospital", New York Correction History Society
409:
Yasinac, Rob. "Matteawan State Hospital" at Hudson Valley Ruins
353:– black woman who attempted to assassinate civil rights leader
373:
With the creation of CNYPC, Matteawan closed forever.
898:
772:
751:
720:
679:
633:
573:
141:
Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane,
120:
115:
107:
99:
94:
55:
51:
Matteawan, Dutchess County, New York, United States
47:
42:
21:
207:New York State Department of Correctional Services
22:Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
238:By the late 1940s, new procedures that included
363:– Founder of Five-Percent Nation. Died in 1969.
276:entertainments" staged by patients and staff.
544:
347:– New York City's "Mad Bomber". Died in 1994.
8:
959:1977 disestablishments in New York (state)
551:
537:
529:
472:"Nellie Wicks", Officer Down Memorial Page
18:
944:Psychiatric hospitals in New York (state)
481:
479:
438:
436:
434:
401:
939:Defunct hospitals in New York (state)
422:
420:
418:
416:
7:
934:Hospital buildings completed in 1892
155:; today its buildings form part of
16:Hospital in New York, United States
14:
624:
196:First U.S. female officer killed
27:
226:Change to new treatment methods
390:Fishkill Correctional Facility
378:Fishkill Correctional Facility
157:Fishkill Correctional Facility
1:
298:Raymond Francis Charles Kieb
574:Adult / children facilities
143:established in 1892 as the
125:Hospitals in New York State
975:
622:
151:just outside the city of
38:
26:
333:who attempted to murder
244:insulin shock treatments
145:Matteawan State Hospital
488:Hudson Valley Magazine
355:Martin Luther King Jr.
235:
222:
137:
79:41.522212°N 73.95057°W
680:Children's facilities
567:psychiatric hospitals
233:
220:
135:
490:, September 13, 2011
84:41.522212; -73.95057
752:Research facilities
721:Forensic facilities
288:on Matteawan Road.
75: /
954:Fishkill, New York
865:New York Inebriate
830:Letchworth Village
820:Hudson River State
815:Hudson River Psych
780:Blackwell's Island
591:Greater Binghamton
450:on 8 January 2014.
286:Beacon High School
236:
223:
138:
921:
920:
773:Closed facilities
130:
129:
966:
949:Beacon, New York
880:Western New York
728:Central New York
712:Western New York
634:Adult facilities
628:
581:Capital District
553:
546:
539:
530:
523:
522:
516:
515:
510:. March 13, 1956
498:
492:
483:
474:
469:
463:
458:
452:
451:
446:. Archived from
440:
429:
424:
411:
406:
351:Izola Ware Curry
331:Radical feminist
213:Mid 20th century
153:Beacon, New York
90:
89:
87:
86:
85:
80:
76:
73:
72:
71:
68:
31:
19:
974:
973:
969:
968:
967:
965:
964:
963:
924:
923:
922:
917:
894:
768:
759:Nathan S. Kline
747:
716:
675:
629:
620:
569:
557:
527:
526:
513:
511:
500:
499:
495:
484:
477:
470:
466:
459:
455:
442:
441:
432:
425:
414:
407:
403:
398:
386:
370:
368:Present day use
341:. Died in 1988.
327:Valerie Solanas
323:. Died in 1947.
311:Lizzie Halliday
307:
305:Notable inmates
294:
292:Superintendents
282:
265:
256:
254:Closing of farm
228:
215:
202:Lizzie Halliday
198:
169:
83:
81:
77:
74:
69:
66:
64:
62:
61:
34:
17:
12:
11:
5:
972:
970:
962:
961:
956:
951:
946:
941:
936:
926:
925:
919:
918:
916:
915:
910:
904:
902:
896:
895:
893:
892:
887:
882:
877:
872:
867:
862:
857:
852:
847:
842:
837:
832:
827:
822:
817:
812:
807:
802:
797:
792:
787:
782:
776:
774:
770:
769:
767:
766:
764:New York State
761:
755:
753:
749:
748:
746:
745:
740:
735:
730:
724:
722:
718:
717:
715:
714:
709:
704:
699:
694:
689:
683:
681:
677:
676:
674:
673:
668:
663:
658:
653:
648:
643:
637:
635:
631:
630:
623:
621:
619:
618:
613:
608:
603:
598:
593:
588:
583:
577:
575:
571:
570:
558:
556:
555:
548:
541:
533:
525:
524:
507:New York Times
493:
475:
464:
453:
430:
412:
400:
399:
397:
394:
393:
392:
385:
382:
369:
366:
365:
364:
358:
348:
345:George Metesky
342:
324:
321:Stanford White
314:
306:
303:
302:
301:
300:– 1914 to 1942
293:
290:
281:
278:
264:
261:
255:
252:
227:
224:
214:
211:
209:for one year.
197:
194:
168:
165:
128:
127:
122:
118:
117:
113:
112:
111:1 January 1977
109:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
92:
91:
59:
53:
52:
49:
45:
44:
40:
39:
36:
35:
32:
24:
23:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
971:
960:
957:
955:
952:
950:
947:
945:
942:
940:
937:
935:
932:
931:
929:
914:
911:
909:
906:
905:
903:
901:
897:
891:
888:
886:
883:
881:
878:
876:
873:
871:
868:
866:
863:
861:
858:
856:
853:
851:
848:
846:
843:
841:
838:
836:
833:
831:
828:
826:
823:
821:
818:
816:
813:
811:
810:Harlem Valley
808:
806:
803:
801:
798:
796:
793:
791:
790:Central Islip
788:
786:
783:
781:
778:
777:
775:
771:
765:
762:
760:
757:
756:
754:
750:
744:
741:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
726:
725:
723:
719:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
693:
690:
688:
685:
684:
682:
678:
672:
669:
667:
664:
662:
659:
657:
654:
652:
649:
647:
644:
642:
639:
638:
636:
632:
627:
617:
614:
612:
609:
607:
604:
602:
601:Mohawk Valley
599:
597:
594:
592:
589:
587:
584:
582:
579:
578:
576:
572:
568:
565:
561:
554:
549:
547:
542:
540:
535:
534:
531:
521:
509:
508:
503:
497:
494:
491:
489:
482:
480:
476:
473:
468:
465:
462:
457:
454:
449:
445:
439:
437:
435:
431:
428:
423:
421:
419:
417:
413:
410:
405:
402:
395:
391:
388:
387:
383:
381:
379:
374:
367:
362:
359:
357:Died in 2015.
356:
352:
349:
346:
343:
340:
336:
332:
328:
325:
322:
318:
315:
312:
309:
308:
304:
299:
296:
295:
291:
289:
287:
279:
277:
275:
271:
262:
260:
253:
251:
249:
245:
241:
232:
225:
219:
212:
210:
208:
203:
195:
193:
189:
186:
181:
178:
174:
167:Early history
166:
164:
160:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
134:
126:
123:
119:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
93:
88:
60:
58:
54:
50:
46:
41:
37:
33:Exercise yard
30:
25:
20:
611:St. Lawrence
518:
512:. Retrieved
505:
496:
487:
467:
456:
448:the original
404:
375:
371:
361:Clarence 13X
283:
266:
257:
237:
199:
190:
182:
177:Hudson River
170:
161:
144:
140:
139:
890:Willowbrook
835:Long Island
785:Bloomington
616:South Beach
339:Mario Amaya
335:Andy Warhol
319:– murdered
82: /
57:Coordinates
928:Categories
908:Interpines
900:Sanatorium
850:Middletown
825:Kings Park
738:Mid-Hudson
514:2014-09-01
396:References
317:Harry Thaw
274:vaudeville
263:Recreation
248:lobotomies
103:April 1892
70:73°57′02″W
67:41°31′20″N
845:Matteawan
840:Manhattan
795:Dannemora
743:Rochester
661:Manhattan
656:Kingsboro
651:Creedmoor
606:Rochester
596:Hutchings
185:Dannemora
173:Matteawan
43:Geography
870:Newville
860:New York
855:Mohansic
800:Edgewood
707:Sagamore
702:Rockland
692:Brooklyn
671:Rockland
564:New York
384:See also
280:Cemetery
240:electric
149:Fishkill
48:Location
885:Willard
805:Gowanda
666:Pilgrim
646:Buffalo
95:History
913:Loomis
697:Queens
586:Elmira
270:quoits
108:Closed
100:Opened
875:Utica
733:Kirby
687:Bronx
641:Bronx
560:State
121:Lists
116:Links
337:and
242:and
562:of
520:...
159:.
930::
517:.
504:.
478:^
433:^
415:^
380:.
329:–
552:e
545:t
538:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
