This photograph shows the greenhouse at the St. Peter State Hospital. Notes on both the front and back sides of the photo provide extensive information about the greenhouse, including a statement that it was built in 1885. The note also states that additions were made later.
This photograph shows Industrial Therapist Edmund Sandeen in front of a St. Peter State Hospital display that tells the story of the industrial therapy program.
This photograph shows the main kitchen at the St. Peter State Hospital. Several members of the kitchen staff can be seen with assorted equipment. Sources at the hospital state that the photo was taken in 1929.
This photograph shows the large kitchen at the St. Peter State Hospital. Several cooks can be seen in the photo. A postcard version of this photograph has also been included among the Minnesota Reflections website images.
This cropped postcard, mounted on black paper, shows the laundry building at the St. Peter State Hospital. Sources at the hospital indicate that it was built in 1900. Beyond the laundry building can be seen the icehouse or cold storage building, which was eventually converted to a machine shed.
This photograph shows a building that was originally constructed as a patient detention facility at the St. Peter State Hospital. Sources at the hospital state that it was built about 1910. This building was later known as Liberty Hall, which was an open ward facility for hospital patients. It was closed in 1967.
This photograph shows a building that was originally constructed as a patient detention facility at the St. Peter State Hospital. Sources at the hospital state that it was built about 1910. This building was later known as Liberty Hall, which was an open ward facility for hospital patients. It was closed in 1967.
This photograph shows the sickroom in the Lower Flat South unit of the St. Peter State Hospital. An old wheelchair can be seen to the right of the fireplace. A note on the reverse of the photo states that the photo was taken prior to 1900.
This photograph shows Mrs. Pennington at work in a laboratory on the fourth floor of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. She was a technician. Her husband was a doctor at the hospital.
This photograph shows Mrs. Pennington at work in a laboratory on the fourth floor of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. She was a technician. Her husband was a doctor at the hospital.
This photograph shows the North Flats unit at the St. Peter State Hospital, which was attached to the Center building. The North Flats housed male patients, beginning in 1869. Additions were added in later years, including the porches, which were added in 1918, according to sources at the hospital. The complex was demolished in 1968.
This photograph shows the North Flats unit at the St. Peter State Hospital, which was attached to the Center building. The North Flats housed male patients, beginning in 1869. Additions were added in later years. The unit was the site of a terrible fire in November of 1880. The complex was demolished in 1968.
This photograph shows the Nurses Home at the St. Peter State Hospital. A note on the back of the photo states that it was built in 1910 and that it was demolished in 1955.
This photograph shows two nurses tending patients on the second floor of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The room has been decorated for Christmas.
This winter view of the St. Peter State Hospital shows the power plant and the large smoke stack that were located on the hospital grounds. The power plant is to the left of the smoke stack and the railroad car. At right is the ice house. Behind it is the old laundry building.