Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Greystone_Park_Psychiatric_Hospital
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:psychologist
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Samuel_Sloan
gptkbp:area originally 743 acres
gptkbp:capacity initially 600 patients
gptkbp:closed 2008
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:county gptkb:Morris_County
gptkbp:demolished 2015
gptkbp:demolitionControversy demolition opposed by preservationists
gptkbp:designedAccordingTo gptkb:Kirkbride_Plan
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:State_of_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places_(delisted_after_demolition)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Parsippany-Troy_Hills,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:mainBuilding gptkb:Kirkbride_Building
gptkbp:mediaAppearance subject of documentaries and preservation campaigns
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Greystone
gptkbp:notableEvent site of patient overcrowding in 20th century
gptkbp:notablePatient gptkb:Woody_Guthrie
gptkbp:opened 1876
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:New_Jersey_State_Lunatic_Asylum_at_Morristown
gptkbp:populationPeak over 7,000 patients
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:new_Greystone_Park_Psychiatric_Hospital_(opened_2008)
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Greystone
gptkb:Kirkbride_Plan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5