Agnews Developmental Center
Agnews Insane Asylum | |
| Location | 4000 Lafayette St., Santa Clara, California, 3500 Zanker Rd., San Jose, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°23′38″N 121°57′10″W / 37.39389°N 121.95278°W |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Stocking, Leonard, State Architect; George C. Sellon, George McDougall |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival—Spanish Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000829 |
| Added to NRHP | August 13, 1997 |
Agnews Developmental Center was a state institution located on two campuses in the U.S. state of California; one in Santa Clara and one in San Jose. Founded in 1885 as a psychiatric facility for the mentally ill, it operated for over a century before closing in stages between 1998 and 2011. Over time, its mission expanded to include people with developmental disabilities, which became its sole focus after psychiatric programs were discontinued in 1972 following deinstitutionalization.