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  1. The Jacksonville Developmental Center was an institution for developmentally challenged clients, located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It was open from 1851 to November 2012. As of December 2012, the 134-acre (54 ha) grounds was still owned by the State of Illinois.

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    In 1961 the Department of Mental Health assumed responsibility for Jacksonville State Hospital and in 1974 expanded the hospital's duties to include treatment for the developmentally disabled. To reflect this change in function the institution's name became the Jacksonville Mental Health and Developmental Center in 1975.

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    When did the Jacksonville Developmental Center open?
    Originally known as the Illinois State Asylum and Hospital for the Insane, and was established in 1847. Legislature for the Jacksonville Developmental Center came to be in 1847. By 1851, the facility opened its doors as the Illinois State Asylum and Hospital for the Insane. The Jacksonville Developmental Center closed in 2012.

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    Who owns the Jacksonville Developmental Center?
    As of December 2012, the State of Illinois still owned the 134-acre (54 ha) grounds of the Jacksonville Developmental Center.

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    What is the future of the Jacksonville Developmental Center?
    Sources: Photos provided by Louis Betts & Destiny Krueger, Urban_Explorationaters; Library of Congress. The future of the Jacksonville Developmental Center is uncertain, however the facility and its operations date back to the mid-1800s when it was established as the state of Illinois' first mental hospital.

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    What happened to the Jacksonville Developmental Center?
    The Jacksonville Developmental Center phased out its in-patient treatment of mental illness and was renamed one last time to reflect its new mission. When closed, it primarily treated developmentally delayed patients, some of whom also had mental illnesses.

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    When did Jacksonville Mental Health & Developmental Center change its name?
    The Jacksonville Mental Health and Developmental Center's name was changed for the last time in 1975 (P.A. 79-581,, p. 1895) to reflect its new mission. Jacksonville phased out its in-patient treatment of mental illness at this time.

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    When did Jacksonville State Hospital open?
    Jacksonville State Hospital opened on November 3, 1851. Although Dix had expressed interest that it be opened by 1849, it wasn't until this date that the first two wards were ready for occupancy and the first patient, Sophronia McElhiney of McLean County, was admitted.

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    Illinois originally did not have any system for caring for its mentally ill citizens who were either living with their family or kept in local almshouses. Dorothea Dix lobbied the state legislature to create a facility in Illinois designed for the care of the mentally ill. On March 1, 1847, the legislature established the Illinois State … See more

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    The Jacksonville Developmental Center was an institution for developmentally delayed clients, located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It was open from 1851 to November 2012. As of December 2012 , the 134-acre (54 … See more

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    • Packard, Elizabeth,The Prisoners' Hidden Life Or Insane Asylums Unveiled (1868) Kessinger Publishing, LLC (February 21, 2008) ISBN 978-0-548-83741-2.
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