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The Athens Lunatic Asylum, now a mixed-use development known as The Ridges, [2] was a Kirkbride Plan mental hospital operated in Athens, Ohio, from 1874 until 1993. During its operation, the hospital provided services to a variety of patients including Civil War veterans, children, and those declared mentally unwell.
Legislation to construct the Ohio Lunatic Asylum on East Broad Street was passed in 1835 and the first stone was laid on April 20, 1837. Construction was completed on November 10, 1839. The name was later changed to the Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum in 1856. The building was completely destroyed by fire on November 18,1868.
Columbus State Hospital, also known as Ohio State Hospital for Insane, was a public psychiatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1838 and rebuilt in 1877. [1] The hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. [2] The building was said to have been the largest in the U.S. or the world, until the Pentagon was completed in 1943. [3] [4]
The Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum is an historic structure at 2335 Wayne Ave. in Dayton, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1979. The 300-acre (120 ha) complex was designed as a mental asylum in accordance with principles advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride in the mid-19th ...
St. Michan's Church: This church is haunted by disembodied whispering voices from mummies entombed in the vaults. [68] Shelbourne Hotel: This hotel is believed to be haunted by a seven-year-old girl from the 18th century, named Mary Masters, who had lived in the row of houses which once stood where the hotel is now. She died due to cholera ...
Nov. 7—Aaron Cahal, left, is seen with his sister-in-law, Michelle Black, while working at the Haunted Tunnel in Ironton. The Ironton Lions Club operates the attraction, located in the Old Route ...
[13] Thus, Ohio's first insane asylum was erected in Cincinnati on 4 acres (16,000 m 2) of land bounded by the Miami and Erie Canal. [13] [14] The Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum of Ohio was the parent institution for the Orphan Asylum, the City Infirmary, the Cincinnati Hospital, and Longview Asylum. [13]