Westport · Fairfield County. Dr. Frederick D. Ruland opened the institution in 1891. The museum documents treatment for mental illness and addiction. The estate later became parkland after demolition in the 1970s.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Classification: Former private psychiatric and addiction institution. Earlier use: Richard Henry Winslow’s Compo House, built in 1853, was a private residence before conversion. Museum history; exact closing year not specified. Exact final admissions, closure, and demolition dates are not resolved. Do not confuse this property with Hall-Brooke on Long Lots Road.
Source: Westport Museum for History & Culture / Virtual History Westport; Sanitariums of Westport
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Silent Grounds Collective, Historic Mental Health Institutions, SGC-MI-014, MI-002, “Westport Sanitarium.” Source: Westport Museum for History & Culture / Virtual History Westport; Sanitariums of Westport. https://virtualhistorywestport.org/exhibits/cure/sanitariums/. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.