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It has also been known as the Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar, as the Western State Psychiatric Hospital, and presently operates as the Western Mental Health Institute, serving 24 counties in West Tennessee. [1] [2] [3] Its 1889 building was designed by architect Harry Peake McDonald and his brothers Kenneth and Donald.
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]
Download QR code; Print/export ... Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum. April 24, 1986 ... Ohio State Office Building. December 18, 1990 ...
The Kirkbride Plan was a system of mental asylum design advocated by American psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride (1809–1883) in the mid-19th century. The asylums built in the Kirkbride design, often referred to as Kirkbride Buildings (or simply Kirkbrides), were constructed during the mid-to-late-19th century in the United States.
The first purpose-built asylum in the United Kingdom was Bethel Hospital, Bethel Street in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Founded and built by Mary Chapman (1647–1724), who was the wife of Reverend Samuel Chapman and built wholly at her own expense in 1713. The plan for the building was along an "H" block architectural design style. [9] [10]
Pages in category "Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dayton Daily News Building: November 30, 1978 ... Consisted of 6 buildings, all of which have been demolished ... Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum: November 15, 1979
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