Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo

This early iteration of the Asylum was capable of holding 210 people across 6 wards and was generally equally divided between male and female patients.

In early 1889 it was reported in the Leadville Daily Times that the hospital had requested a total of $93,436.27 for new constructions on their grounds.

[4] Patient care and the constant need for new constructions led the hospital towards a difficult financial situation.

[6] Hubert Work, born July 3, 1860,[7] was the founder of the Colorado State Hospital,[8][disputed – discuss] that had opened November 20, 1883.

He believed that the segregation of the abnormal at puberty by holding them in institutions during their procreative period or rendering them sterile.

This drawn image of the State Asylum first appeared in the illustrated supplement of the Pueblo Chieftain on May 6th, 1888. It appeared alongside drawings of numerous other unique buildings throughout Pueblo.