The hospital was given with its modern-day name, Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, in 1924. The new reception building, dubbed the Curry Building after Medical Superintendent Marcus Curry, opened in 1928, as well as a new fire station, …

The hospital was blessed with its modern-day name, Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, in 1924. The new reception building, dubbed the Curry Building after Medical Superintendent Marcus Curry, opened in 1927, as well as a slew of other buildings- a new fire station, power plant, greenhouse, and auxiliary buildings.

Oct 23, 2022 · Of note was a new reception building named after the influential Greystone superintendent, Marcus Curry. Patient numbers are believed to have peaked in 1953 with an impressive 7,674 people packed into spaces designed for significantly fewer.

Dec 3, 2015 · In 1924, the name of the facility was changed to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. Three years later in 1927, a new reception building was built and named in honor of the hospital supervisor Marcus Curry.

Mar 15, 2009 · The massive structure is the last of the old Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital buildings on Parsippany's Central Avenue -- the main tree-lined road leading up to the 1876 hospital. It...

Feb 28, 2010 · The letters were an unexpected time capsule, allowing a peek into the life of the family of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Superintendent Marcus Curry some 80 years ago.

A post office had been established, May 20, 1908, and named Greystone Park after the superior building stone of light gray gneiss, resembling granite, that was quarried on site to build the hospital. In 1924 the hospital was renamed Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.

The Clinic Building was built in 1923 and all medical procedures were to be performed within the specific building. The Curry Building, named after Superintendent Marcus Curry, opened in 1927 as the new reception building.

Oct 23, 2016 · PARSIPPANY -- It has been a year since the Main Building at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital was demolished in late October 2015, resulting in the destruction of yet another Kirkbride...