Wrong hospital. That was WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL, in LAKEWOOD, WA, just down the street from me. Where Francis Farmer also did a stint.
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/Mentalhealth/wsh.shtml
BTW, I sometimes volunteer there. Seriously!!
Before it was mental asylum, it was the site of Fort Steilacoom, an American military base:
http://www.historicfortsteilacoom.com/
Previous to that, it was the site of the Joseph Heath farm. Mr. Heath was an HBC employee who branched out on his own. Was horribly depressed his entire tenure there, and eventually died young. Some say of suicide. Sort of fitting that it later became a mental hospital.
Anyway, I dress up funny there on the odd occasion. And much of the time, it IS an odd occasion!
Now, as for what the Sainted Late Ken Kesey WROTE in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", I can't say. My memory is that I only saw the movie. And I know the movie was filmed at Western State.
I highly recommend Kesey as a read, however. I've read most of his work. I just can't remember if I only read or watched "Cuckoo." The Kool-aid, you know.
Cheers,
Babette
Merry Prankster to the End