Founded: Established 1797 as the Maryland Hospital for the Insane (Baltimore). Moved 1854
Location: Catonsville, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1854
  Notes: Maryland Insane Asylum established at Spring Grove, chiefly through the personal and lifelong efforts of Richard Sprigg Steuart.
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 40
• Dates: 1855
  Notes: Dr. James A. Steuart, assistant physician to State Insane Asylum (till 1861).
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 41
• Dates: 1920
  Notes: Amounts appropriated for state institutions, from the Maryland Manual, 1921-1922
• Dates: 1921-1922
  Notes: MARYLAND MANUAL