The Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center — otherwise known as the Kirkbride — was built from 1888-1906, making it one of the last Kirkbride structures built in the U.S. The building was one of Minnesota’s main buildings to house the mentally ill. By the late 1920s, the Fergus Fall...
The city council is driven by the fear that somehow the cost of maintaining or developing the Kirkbride will fall on the residents of Fergus Falls. This is a negative motivation. The Friends of the Kirkbride are driven by hope that a renovated site will respect the history of the RTC and...