Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
State of New Jersey
Department of Human Services
Greystone's main entrance as seen from Central Ave.
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
Geography
Location59 Koch Ave, Morris Plains, New Jersey
Coordinates40°50′5″N 74°30′19″W / 40.83472°N 74.50528°W / 40.83472; -74.50528
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeSpecialist
Services
StandardsKirkbride Plan
Emergency departmentNo
Bedsat open: 600
at height:7,764
at close: 550
SpecialityPsychiatric
HelipadNo
Building details
Map
Former names
  • State Asylum for the Insane at Morristown
  • New Jersey State Hospital, Morris Plains
  • Morris Plains State Hospital
General information
StatusDemolished
TypeHospital
Architectural styleSecond Empire Victorian
GroundbreakingAugust 29, 1871 (1871-08-29)
OpenedAugust 17, 1876 (1876-08-17)
Closed2008 (2008)
DemolishedApril 2015 (2015-04)-July 2015 (2015-07)
Technical details
Floor count4
Lifts/elevators1
Grounds1 square mile (2.6 km2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Samuel Sloan
Other designersThomas Kirkbride

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital (also known as Greystone Psychiatric Park, Greystone Psychiatric Hospital, or simply Greystone and formerly known as the State Asylum for the Insane at Morristown, New Jersey State Hospital, Morris Plains, and Morris Plains State Hospital[1]) referred to both the former psychiatric hospital and the historic building that it occupied in Morris Plains, New Jersey. Built in 1876, the facility was built to alleviate overcrowding at the state's only other "lunatic asylum" located in Trenton, New Jersey.

Originally built to accommodate 350 people, the facility, having been expanded several times, reached a high of over 7700 patients resulting in unprecedented overcrowding conditions.[2] In 2008, the facility was ordered to be closed as a result of deteriorating conditions and overcrowding. A new facility was built on the large Greystone campus nearby and bears the same name as the aging facility. Despite considerable public opposition and media attention, demolition of the main Kirkbride building began in April 2015 and was completed by October 2015.[3]

  1. ^ "Greystone Park State Hospital". KirkbrideBuildings.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference preserve was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Horowitz, Ben (24 September 2014). "Demolition of Greystone psychiatric hospital to start 'within a month'". nj.com. NJ Advanced Media. Retrieved 12 July 2015.