Appendix of Buildings - Current and Former

Appendix of Buildings on Eloise Grounds

Thank you SO MUCH to Mark Boone for providing 95% of these great pictures, this site would be nothing without your generosity! Pictures and written history from A History of the Wayne County Infirmary, Psychiatric, and General Hospital Complex at Eloise, Michigan: 1832-1982 by Alvin C. Clark.

Institutional Buildings- 1832-1982

Poor Houses and General Medical Facilities


Building	Year	Since 1932	Prior 1932	Original Bed Capacity	Remarks
First County House	1832	-	-	-	Located in Detroit (Hamtramck). Razed, date unknown.
Second County House	1839	-	-	-	Black Horse Tavern, removed 1845.
Third County House	1846	-	-	-	Additions: 1856, 1858, 1873, 1888. Converted to Fourth County House, 1890's.
Fourth County House	1896	-	-	-	Foundation and structure used for Dr. W. J. Seymour Hospital, "C" Building, 1933.
Adm. Building (Gen. Offices, chapel & asylum med. hosp.)	1887	-	"A" Building	-	Razed 1930.
Women's Annex	1914	"B" Building	"C" Building (Fourth County House)	200	Razed 1960.
T.B. Tents	1903	-	-	-	Dicontinued use when T.B. Sanitarium was built.
T.B Sanitarium	1911	-	-	-	Razed 1960.
"A" Building Infirmary	1925	"A" Building	"D" Building	392	Built to house women infirmary patients. Under Board of Auditors control in 1974.
Dr. William J. Seymour Hospital	1933	"C" Building	"B" Building	500	First General Hospital Operation.
Kelly Hall	1931	"N" Building	-	5,000	Originally called the "barracks," two wings added in 1932, NE end of building.
General Hospital	1962	"O" Building	-	525	Second General Hospital building.
Long Term Care Facility (Walter Ruether Building)	1974	"P" Building	-	358	Replaced "N" Building as extended care facility. Sold to State for psychiatric use 10/1/79.

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Psychiatric Care Buildings


Building	Year	Since 1932	Prior 1932	Original Bed Capacity	Remarks
First separate buildings used for the insane	1840's	-	-	-	Two buildings, one NE and one NW of County House; first used to separate mental patients from other infirmary patients.
First Asylum Building	1868	"E" Building	"B" Building	307	Main asylum building until "D" Building Center extended 1876, reconstructed 1899, east and west wings added 1905 and 1906; razed 1955.
Administration and Chapel	1887	-	"A" Building	Open Wards	Razed 1930.
Women's New Building	1893	"F" Building	"C"Building	170	Razed 1955.
Women's Insane Hospital	1903 1915 1922 1924 1925 1928 1929	"G" through "M"	"D" through "J"	165 270 240 374 272 320 342	Razed 1955. Vacated 1973. Vacated 1973. Vacated 1973 Vacated 1973. Vacated 1973. Vacated 1973. (Used as County Jail Annex).
Administration Building *	1931	"D" Building (Present Structure known as Kay Beard Building)	"A" Building	409	Psychiatric facility and Institutional administrative offices until "O" Building was contructed.

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Employee Residence Buildings


Building	Year	Remarks
Apartment Building and Cafeteria (After 1915, only letter designations were used for new buildings.)	1921	Addition in 1923.
Brick Bungalow	1920	Formerly called Steamfitter's Residence.
Brick Cottage	1914	Formerly called Employees Brick Tenement.
Brick Residence	1895-1930	Altered 1920 and 1930.
Cement Cottage	1913	Razed in 1959.
Double Residence	1895	Constructed to house hospital bookkeeper and Superintendent.
Electrician's Cottage	1893	Torn down 1924.
Gardner's Cottage and Garage (formerly called Farm Cottage)	1926	Built to house farm hands, later used for general employee housing.
New Terrace	1923	Additions in 1925 and 1928.

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