Photograph, J.A. Kastein Jr., Central State Hospital
Entry/Object ID
2001.0031.0026
Description
J.A. Kastein Jr. Photographs. Panoramic and other photos taken by John A. Kastein Jr. circa 1906 of Waupun and its surrounding areas. The 1910 City Directory list him as living and working at 517 East Jefferson St.
What is now Dodge Correctional Institution has had many names over the years. Among them are: "Criminal Insane Hospital", "Central State", and the "Hospital for the Criminal Insane." Its function has changed from a Mental Hospital to the Reception Unit for all of the Wisconsin Correctional System.
