| Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital | |
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| State of New Jersey Department of Human Services | |
 Greystone's main entrance as seen from Central Ave. | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 59 Koch Ave, Morris Plains, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°50′5″N 74°30′19″W / 40.83472°N 74.50528°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Standards | Kirkbride Plan |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | at open: 600 at height:7,764 at close: 550 |
| Speciality | Psychiatric |
| Helipad | No |
Building details | |
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| Former names |
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| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | Hospital |
| Architectural style | Second Empire Victorian |
| Groundbreaking | August 29, 1871 |
| Opened | August 17, 1876 |
| Closed | 2008 |
| Demolished | April 2015-July 2015 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Lifts/elevators | 1 |
| Grounds | 1 square mile (2.6 km2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Samuel Sloan |
| Other designers | Thomas 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]
- ^ "Greystone Park State Hospital". KirkbrideBuildings.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
preservewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Horowitz, Ben (24 September 2014). "Demolition of Greystone psychiatric hospital to start 'within a month'". nj.com. NJ Advanced Media. Retrieved 12 July 2015.