Columbus State Hospital
| Columbus State Hospital | |
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 20th century aerial view of the hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1960 West Broad St., Columbus, Ohio, United States |
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| Organization | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1838 |
| Closed | late 1980s |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Ohio |
Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum | |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000851 |
| Added to NRHP | April 24, 1986 |
Columbus State Hospital, also known as the Ohio State Hospital for the 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]
History
[edit | edit source]The Lunatic Asylum of Ohio was initially organized by an act of the General Assembly passed on March 5, 1835.[5] The original hospital building, after three years of construction, was completed in 1838 at a cost of about $61,000.[1][5] Dr. William M. Awl was elected as the first Medical Superintendent of the asylum.[5]
In November 1868, a fire destroyed the asylum, killing six patients and displacing over 300 others.[5] The hospital was rebuilt in the Kirkbride style in 1877.[1] The hospital was closed in the late 1980s, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in an attempt to save the building in 1986. The structure was nevertheless demolished between 1991 and 1996[1] by S.G. Loewendick & Sons.[6]
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Main structure, c. 1900-1906
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1910 property map
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One of three cemeteries used by the asylum
See also
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Further reading
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External links
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