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The Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, built between 1890 and 1895, exemplifies the Kirkbride plan with its Romanesque Revival architecture and therapeutic design features like long corridors and ample natural light. The hospital served as a state psychiatric facility until its closure in 2005, leaving an imposing brick structure with prominent towers as a significant historical landmark in Minnesota.

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Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center aerial view in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a former state psychiatric hospital campus centered on a Kirkbride-style main building. The complex was built in the late 19th century and later expanded with additional hospital structures and service buildings. The site is no longer an operating psychiatric facility.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, a Kirkbride-style former psychiatric hospital.
The Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a former state psychiatric hospital built in the Kirkbride style. Constructed in the late 19th century, it was designed around then-current ideas about ventilation, light, and ordered care. The complex closed after more than a century of operation and remains one of Minnesota’s notable institutional buildings.
Fergus Falls Kirkbride Building courtyard in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, with towers and lawn.
Fergus Falls Kirkbride Building at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The building opened in 1895 as the Third Hospital for the Insane and was designed by architect Thomas J. Mitchell using the Kirkbride plan for psychiatric care. The complex closed in 2005.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, with its Kirkbride towers and red roof.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a former state psychiatric hospital built in the Kirkbride plan. Construction began in 1890, and the hospital opened in 1895 to provide institutional care for people with mental illness. The complex closed in 2005 and remains a prominent historic landmark.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center Kirkbride Building in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, with a central lawn and trees.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center’s Kirkbride Building in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a late 19th-century psychiatric hospital complex. Designed on the Kirkbride plan, the building was intended to support treatment through architecture and orderly ward placement. The historic hospital closed in 2005.

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