"Main building, Manitowoc County Insane Asylum." Benke photographed the main building of the Manitowoc County Insane Asylum for a postcard. The institution was at the then city limits of Twenty-Third and Madison Streets. The asylum opened in 1885 and was moved in 1950 to the Manitowoc County Hospital. The building pictured was used until 1971 as a home for the aged and named Shady Lane. It was then razed and the present Shady Lane Nursing Care Center was built on the site.