St. Vincent's Hospital (Normandy)

In 1858, Sisters of Charity founded St. Vincent's Sanitarium for the nervous and mental diseases. Catholic Charities in the United States By John O'Grady The Hospital was located at 1600 Castle Park Dr, St Louis, MO 63133 and is the current home of the Castle Park Apartments.



1930 St. Louis Census - St. Vincent's Sanitarium

Transcribed by Vicki Klein Enumeration District 96-82 (St. Louis County Missouri) 357 individuals enumerated.

A1457 Saint Vincent's Institution for the Insane (Saint Louis, Missouri). Records, 1858-1904. 1 box St. Vincent’s Institution for the Insane, later renamed St. Vincent's Sanitarium, was founded by the Sisters of Charity for the treatment of mental and nervous diseases. It opened in August 1858 at Ninth and Marion Streets in St. Louis with four patients and fifteen sisters. In 1891, the home relocated to St. Charles Rock Road in St. Louis County. The home was in part financed by the patients' fees. By 1941 the home was operated by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for the treatment of mental and nervous disorders as well as selected cases of alcoholism and drug habituation. The home remained in existence until the 1980s.

The collection consists of three record books of the St. Vincent’s Institution for the Insane: cash ledger, 1858-1867; contracts of obligations for patients, 1859-circa 1890; and record of doctors' prescriptions for patients, 1901-1904.

Cite as: Records of Saint Vincent's Institution for the Insane, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.

Missouri Historical Society

Location on Map - Saint Vincent Sanitarium