St. Elizabeths Hospital
| St. Elizabeths Hospital | |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | |
| File:Center building at Saint Elizabeths, National Photo Company, circa 1909-1932.jpg An early 20th century photo of the Center Building at St. Elizabeths, one of the oldest structures on the hospital campus | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1100 Alabama Avenue, Southeast, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Specialty | Psychiatric |
| Public transit access | File:WMATA Metro Logo.svg Congress Heights |
| History | |
| Construction started | August 1852 |
| Opened | October 1855 |
| Links | |
| Website | sehcommunity.org |
St. Elizabeths Hospital | |
| File:St. Elizabeths West aerial 2015.jpg Aerial view of the West Campus in 2015 | |
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| Location | 2700 and 2701 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, 1100 Alabama Avenue SE Washington, D.C. |
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| Area | 346 acres (140 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architect | Thomas U. Walter; Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge |
| Architectural style | Italianate Revival, Italian Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003101 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1979[1] |
| Designated NHLD | December 14, 1990[2] |
St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. . The hospital opened in 1855 under the name Government Hospital for the Insane.[3] It was the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States.
It could hold 8,000 patients when it first opened. The hospital had a fully working medical-surgical unit, a school of nursing, accredited internships and psychiatric residencies.[4]
Its campus was made a National Historic Landmark in 1990.[2]
References[change]
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "St. Elizabeths Hospital". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ↑ "St. Elizabeths: A History" (PDF).
- ↑ Cauvin, Henri E. (April 23, 2010). "D.C. celebrates building opening at St. Elizabeths". The Washington Post.
