One former employee reported going into the tunnels with a recorder, which was later collected and had a very clear warning on it to get out from someone who was definitely not in the. The orange glow from the left and in the rear of the building are exterior lights on associatedformer state hospitalbuildings. Anoka state hospital has been known by many names in its past, including first state asylum for the insane, anoka state asylum, anoka state hospital and most recently anokametro regional treatment center. The anoka state hospital, now the anokametro regional treatment center is an old mental health facility, and rumor has it that the patients are pretty unhappy.
An oral history project seeks to record patient and staff memories. Anoka state hospital anoka minnesota real haunted place. Lets find a way to preserve anokas historic mentalhealth facility. In 1900, anoka state hospital then called anoka asylum opened its doors to mentally ill people from across the region.
What took longer was for the county to get its own modern hospital. The mentally ill patients were known to try to escape using these tunnels, were caught and murdered, or committed suicide by hanging themselves from. This hospital has been known by many names in the past including first state asylum for the insane, anoka state asylum, anoka state hospital and most recently anokametro regional treatment center. The design allowed room for fifty patients in each cottage and increased the. Anoka is the perfect town to celebrate halloween, because much of the town itself is haunted. After 28 years of operation, the ferry was replaced in 1884 by a steel bridge. Anoka county adult mental health intake 2100 3rd avenue, suite 500 anoka, mn 55303 7633241420. Over time, the story of the hospital and the tunnel that ran beneath its buildings became a creepy minnesota legend. Anoka state hospital serves a population of approximately 2,200,000 with 252 mi beds, a ratio of.
Anokametro regional treatment center executive order no. Minnesota residential treatment center for children at anoka state hospital closed. Comic books betty and veronica loved archie comics i had this very issue. But this creepy town also has the most hauntings of any other town in minnesota. Anoka state hospital, anoka, minnesota placeography. Mercy hospital is situated 2 miles south of anoka state hospital cemetery. The hospital first housed 100 mentally ill men from around the region. Anoka asylum anoka, mn straigh anoka asylum haunted places anoka. The buildings are located on the old state hospital campus. The anoka asylum, later renamed anoka state hospital, operated for 99 years, housing and later treating mentally ill patients. There is 1 hospital per 114,953 people, and 1 hospital per 140 square miles in minnesota, anoka county is ranked 81st of 87 counties in hospitals per capita, and 9th of 87 counties in hospitals per square mile. Anoka state hospital patient population 19401950 men women total 0 200 400 600 800 1200 1400 1600 1 4 7 10 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 year anoka state hospital yearly patient population 19001954 men. Three historic buildings in anoka county could get new life after a decade of crumbling and sitting empty.
State hospital records request minnesota historical society. It had opened its doors in 1900 and is rumored to be haunted by ghosts of those who died here. Until the mid60s, patients went to minneapolis and doctors traveled back and forth many a times a day. Adult mental health anoka county, mn official website. An aerial photograph of the anoka state hospital complex, taken in 1937. This figure is the highest since jonathan balk became chief executive officer in august 1980. Exploring anoka asylum almost arrested drone footage. The state legislature favored hastings and sent a bill to gov. Anoka county boomed and transformed in the decades after world war ii. All other light is from the full moon that evening. The first 100 patients arrived at the newly opened anoka asylum in march 1900. The underground tunnels are nonfunctioning and for all.
Saint peter state hospital, 2100 sheppard drive, saint peter, minnesota 44. On date all teams will gather in the lmc for a quiz tournament on all 25 titles. Mercy hospital, located in coon rapids, minnesota, is a 271bed nonprofit hospital that serves the northern twin cities metropolitan area. Students will form teams and devise a plan for reading all of the titles. Anoka state hospital, also known as first state asylum for the insane, anoka state asylum and most recently anokametro regional treatment center, minnesotas largest mental health hospital. Former employees have reported that while unusual occurrences happen throughout the buildings, the most paranormal activities are linked to the tunnels located below the buildings.
Beneath the brick cottages at the anoka state hospital exists a wagon wheel of tunnels that were once used to move patients from location to. To the surprise of all and the delight of anoka, he vetoed the bill and named anoka as the location for the fourth state hospital for the insane. The halloween capital of the world, anoka is no stranger to spooky sights. The nearest weather station for both precipitation and temperature measurements is ce which is approximately 9 miles away and has an elevation of 907 feet 34 feet higher than anoka state hospital cemetery. Below are weather averages from 1971 to 2000 according to data gathered from the nearest official weather station.
The hospital is now known as the anokametro regional treatment center. Over the years, anoka state hospital has gone by many names first state asylum for the insane, anoka state asylum, and most recently anokametro regional treatment center its current name. Anoka state hospital the anoka state hospital was established by an act of the legislature as the first state asylum for the insane. Though safety has long been a concern at anokametro, state officials and hospital staff say the situation worsened considerably after the legislature passed the 48hour mandate in 20. The current facility, anokametro regional treatment center, is located to the original anoka state hospital campus. The former anoka state hospital, now known as anoka metro regional treatment center. Battle of the books is a yearly reading activity sponsored by the ah middle schools. Anokametropolitan regional treatment center in anoka, mn. Zeller, in 1907, the term incurable was dropped from the name and the institution became known as the illinois general hospital for the insane. The group of men who traveled by train from the st.
A demand as of january 1984 anoka state hospital had a dally average occupancy rate of 98%. Im talking right up next to it sharing a fence and everything. To dramatize this comparison further, let us assume that the following state hospital beds are utilized exclusively for the metro area. After aggressively lobbying, anokas asylum, built in a circle of cottages one pictured here, opened its doors to its first 100 patients in 1900. Octobers haunted asylums anoka state hospital, anoka. In fact it is the highest in the history of the hospital and among the highest occupancy rate any state hospital has ever. It continues to celebrate the holiday each year with several parades. When it opened in 1900, the hospital served as a transfer asylum, admitting patients who were transferred. Anoka white pages phone books in minnesota mn whitepages. Housing developments went up, shopping malls appeared, and highways received upgrades. Anoka state hospital cemetery topo map in anoka county. The anoka state hospital was established by an act of the legislature as the first state asylum for the insane. Abandoned fergus falls state hospitalfergus falls,minnesota watching the.
Right near anoka high school is the scariest, most haunted place of them all. For this research service, library staff will search for one patient in one institutions records. Saint peter state hospital, 2100 sheppard drive, saint. Several copies of each title will be available in the lmc in a special display. To order state hospital records for an individual visit our state hospital records request. After the hospital was closed in 1999, the state gave the historic campus to anoka county, which now uses several of the buildings to house human services offices and the county workhouse. Two years ago, i wrote a post about rockland county psychiatric center, an abandoned insane asylum complex that is easily one of the most haunting places ive ever scouted to my amazement, more than 250 comments have since been left by former patients, doctors and nurses, and residents who lived in the area when rockland psych was in operation. Why visiting the abandoned anoka state hospital, minnesotas most. The city of anoka was chosen over hastings to help with overcrowding in mental institutions in st. Patient records, 19072008 records documenting patients in the hospital, including statistical records and patient index cards, population movement reports, inmate property record, admission log books, autopsy and death records, tuberculosis reports, commitment papers. It was a beautiful campus, remembers scott schulte, the anoka county commissioner, of. Anoka state hospital metropolitan library service agency.
Well, technically moonlight but a with stars nonetheless. In 1909 the name was changed to the peoria state hospital, but locals also. Abandoned historical mill ruins mill city park downtown minneapolis matts rad show duration. Psychiatric hospital jobs, employment in anoka, mn. Injuries, assault lead to limits on admissions at anoka. If you want us to do the research for you, check out this feebased research service. Anokametropolitan regional treatment center in anoka, mn is a psychiatric facility. With such a sordid past, it is no wonder that the anoka state hospital has been rumored to house phantom patients. Anokametro regional treatment center is the current name of what was originally the first state asylum for the insane 19001919, anoka state asylum 19191937, and anoka state hospital 19371985. Anoka calls itself the halloween capital of the world, because it hosted one of the first halloween parades in 1920. A look inside abandoned state mental hospital photo.
It no longer serves as a mental hospital, but is now a recovery center for troubled teens and addicts. Thus the anoka state hospital was created by an act of the legislature in 1899. In anoka county, minnesota, theres an old mental asylum that borders the high school. Built in 1898, it opened two years later in 1900, where it would serve as a patienttransfer hospital for the next fifty years. Beneath the brick cottages at the anoka state hospital exists a wagon wheel of tunnels that were once used to move patients from location to location. In this episode of its your history, host matt overstreet guides us through the history of the anoka state hospital. Of the first 100 men brought to the asylum, 86 died and were buried on site in numbered graves. Why visiting the abandoned anoka state hospital, minnesota.
Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. Apply to mental health technician, medical receptionist, patient services representative and more. In 1856, a ferry was established across the mississippi river, connecting anoka with the city of champlin. My mom had said that when she went to school there in the 1970s, shed see patients walking around the grounds sometimes theyd come right up to the fence edge and watch while moms tennis team practiced. Anoka state hospital anoka, minnesota atlas obscura. This hospital has been known by many names in the past including first state asylum for the insane, anoka state asylum, anoka state hospital and most recently anoka metro regional treatment center. Anoka anoka state hospital this hospital has tunnels leading underground that link the buildings together. When it opened in 1900, the hospital served as a transfer asylum, admitting patients who were transferred from the states receiving hospitals, which admitted mentally ill patients for the first time. Anoka state hospital near minneapolis is incredibly creepy. Anoka state hospital cemetery map minnesota mapcarta. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day.
A listing of all the hospitals in anoka county, mn with maps, driving directions, and a local area search function. A tunnel system linked the complex and nearby service buildings. There are 3 hospitals in anoka county, minnesota, serving a population of 344,861 people in an area of 423 square miles. Anoka county library 707 county road 10 ne blaine, mn 554342398 ph.
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