Northern
Hospital for the Insane
A brief history of this hospital written by the
Board of State Charities in 1893. This has a list
of the Superintendents up to that year.
All Content © by Abandoned
Asylum 2001-2003
Attention!!
Kankakee State Hospital is now Shapiro Developmental Center. It is abandoned in the sense that it is no long used for an asylum. But is not abandoned in the traditional sense of the word. Please do not assume that it is and go to explore. Patient still walk the grounds and deserve confidentiality and privacy.
Kankakee State Hospital is now Shapiro Developmental Center. It is abandoned in the sense that it is no long used for an asylum. But is not abandoned in the traditional sense of the word. Please do not assume that it is and go to explore. Patient still walk the grounds and deserve confidentiality and privacy.