Manteno State Hospital, Manteno, Illinois
Location Type
Other
Activity Level
(4/5)
Coordinates
41.250676, -87.831430
Description
The 1930s Manteno State Hospital suffered a typhoid fever epidemic in 1939, and more than 50 patients and staff members died. The hospital eventually was renamed the Manteno Mental Health Center; it ceased operations in 1985 and the complex became business rentals, a bank, part of the Illinois...