Keywords: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia LCCN2015631731.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum subsequently the Weston State Hospital was a Kirkbride Plan psychiatric hospital operated from 1864 until 1994 by the government of West Virginia in the city of Weston Built by architect Richard Andrews it was constructed from 1858-1881 Originally designed to hold 250 people it became overcrowded in the 1950s with 2 400 patients It was forcibly closed in 1994 due to changes in treatments of patients ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015631731 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/31600/31656a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 31656 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 31656 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |