Terrell State Hospital, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas
The Terrell State Hospital, first known as the "North Texas Lunatic Asylum" opened on July 14, 1885. In 1888 the hospital was renamed "North Texas Hospital for the Insane". In 1925 the facility was renamed "Terrell State Hospital". The hospital was established for the treatment and care of the "chronic incurable insane" whose care had previously been supplied by county jails or poor houses. It has undergone an almost continuous program of building and enlargement during the Twentieth Century and provides services to the Texas counties of: Bowie, Camp, Cass, Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Morris, Navarro, Rains, Red River, Rockwall, Smith, Titus, Van Zandt, and Wood.