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Fergus Falls State Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minnesota (1891)

Artist/Designer: Fergus Falls, Minnesota Architect W B Dunnell

Project Location: Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Figure 1: Tower stairs ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 2: Open ward ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 3: Apartment ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 4: Attic ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 5: Apartment ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 6: Third floor staircase ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 7: Patio ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 8: Capital ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )
Figure 9: Buried Stair ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )
Figure 10: Connector ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )
Figure 11: Door Knob ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )
Figure 12: Glass Block ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )
Figure 13: Central Main Facade ( Photographer: Rober Kirkbride )

Style/Period(s):
Romanesque

Primary Material(s):
Brick, Concrete, Plaster, Tile

Function(s):
Health Facility

Related Website(s):

Preservation Works | Accessed : May 23, 2025
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center | Accessed : May 23, 2025
National Park Service Fergus Falls State Hospital | Accessed : May 23, 2025
Architect Warren B Dunnell | Accessed : May 23, 2025

Significant Date(s):
1891

Additional Information:
Architect: Warren B. Dunnell

Publications/Texts in Print:

Kirkbride, Robert. 2024, December 10. “Phantoms of the Kirkbride Hospitals.” Places Journal. Eds. N. Levinson, F. Richard, J. Wallaert

Kirkbride, Robert. 2025, July 1. “Scent Surveys, Decay and Transformation in the Kirkbride Plan Hospitals of North America.” Chapter 8 in New Sensory Approaches to the Past: Applied Methods in Sensory Heritage and Archaeology. Eds. P. Jordan and S. Mura. London, England: UCL Press

Building Address: Minnesota State Highway 297, Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537

Significant Dates: Opened 1891, currently abandoned and at risk

Preservation Status: Abandoned, National Register of Historic Places

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