Article updated: 11/2/2012 8:09 AM

Former asylum open for tours

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Richard and Trish Weiss, stand outside a room where they placed a small doll, a request they heard from an electronic voice phenomenon event, where they are continuing their work to rehab the former Illinois Asylum for The Incurable Insane, a mental hospital located in Bartonville Richard said that sometimes they come in and the dolls arms are raised.

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After more than three years of seeking approval for abatement funds, 32 days of cleanup and plenty of personal sacrifice, developer Richard Weiss has opened the Bowen Building of the former Peoria State Hospital for tours.The building - which once was called the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane - is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays year-round.