Norman City Council will discuss the purchase of the Griffin Memorial Hospital to accommodate future residential growth at its Tuesday conference meeting.
Located at the northwest corner of Main Street and 12th Avenue NE, Griffin Memorial Hospital has served as the state’s primary psychiatric hospital since it was established in 1915. The hospital currently holds 120 beds and employs over 350 staff.
In November 2023, Bonnie Campo, then-director of public relations at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, wrote in an email to OU Daily that the hospital sits on 224 acres of land, but the state will sell over 700 acres located in east Norman…