Antique c1890 photograph, the New York State Inebriate Asylum, later known as Binghamton State Hospital, was the first institution designed and constructed to treat alcoholism as a mental disorder in the United States. It served this function until 1879, when it was converted to a mental hospital. SOURCE: ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH

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