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 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]
^ abcd"Columbus State Hospital". Kirkbride Buildings. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^"Columbus State Hospital". Ohio State University Library. September 26, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^"Curious Cbus: What's the History of the Columbus Insane Cemetery?". 10 January 2020.
^"Group tries saving old hospital wing". The Columbus Dispatch. December 11, 1985. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
^ abcdThe Biographical Annals of Ohio 1906-1907-1908. pp. 863–866 – via Internet Archive.
^Foster, Emily (Mar 4, 2019) [First published November 1988]. "From the Archives: Columbus' First Family of Destruction". Columbus Monthly. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
Further readingEdit
Yanni, Carla (2007). The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States. Minnesota University Press. ISBN978-0-8166-4940-2.
External linksEdit
Media related to Columbus State Hospital at Wikimedia Commons
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