Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane (Elgin, Ill.)

In 1869 General Assembly appropriated funds for location and establishment of Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane. After selection of a site in Elgin, board of trustees, appointed by Governor, was empowered to supervise planning and construction, choose superintendent and operate institution, subject to inspection by Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities (l. 1869, p. 24.

Hospital opened on April 3, 1872. In 1906 hospital opened training school for nurses. Board of Trustees and Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities were abolished in 1909 when all state charitable institutions came under control of newly created Board of Administration. As part of this reorganization institution became Elgin State Hospital (l. 1909, p. 102).

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