The Connecticut Hospital for the Insane opened in Middletown in 1868. It later became known as the Connecticut State Hospital, and in 1961 the name was changed to Connecticut Valley Hospital.
View of a brick building with portico supported by Corinthian columns. The Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Pavilion is on the left, the Clinic Building is in the center, and the Sarah Wey Tompkins Surgical Pavilion is on the right.