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The Musical Mission Behind A Fergus Falls' Abandoned Hospital
The hospital closed 16 years ago, and the hospital remains abandoned - but that doesn't mean there's no future.
March 16, 2023
FERGUS FALLS -- For more than a century, the Fergus Falls State Hospital served mentally ill patients from across the state. It closed 16 years ago, and the hospital remains abandoned - but that doesn't mean there's no future.
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If the former administration building is the castle, then the kingdom is the abandoned wings that go on for nearly a quarter mile. At one time they housed hundreds of patients, almost like a city within a city.
"There were literally hundreds of acres," said Chris Schuelke of the Ottertail County Historical Society. "It was designed on the principles of Thomas Kirkbride, who was a pioneer in the treatment of the mentally ill."
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