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| During the 19th and first half of
the 20th century it was customary for not only the superintendent
and his family to live at the hospital, but also the attendants,
nurses, and other
staff. The female nurse home was constructed first from 1906-1907, it
was originally only a two story building but a third floor was added
soon after completion. The male nurse home took much longer to
complete. Funds for the male building were actually appropriated for
in 1909 but due to many delays and lack of funds the building wasn't
usable until 1914. A lack of state funds caused many alterations to
the original plans for both buildings. One of the biggest
alterations caused by funding problems was the lack of fire proof
building materials. Unlike all the other buildings built between
1893 and 1915 which were constructed of concrete and brick, the
nurse homes were only brick on the exterior. Floors and stairs were
made of wood. A fireproof stairwell was added to the buildings at a
later date. A separate building for married employees was built in
1928 near the
grounds of the original hospital cemetery. In either the 1980s or
1990s the female nurse home was demolished and
an
above ground walkway was built connecting the
female violent ward and the
female infirmary. |
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