Washington, D.C., United States
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Washington, D.C., United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Southeast Washington, D.C., opened in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane, the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States. Its campus, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990, is designed in the Renaissance Revival style. Since 2010 the hospital's functions have been limited to the East Campus, which is operated by the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health, while the West Campus went to the Department of Homeland Security.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- hospital, former hospital
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Historic Landmark
- Place
- Washington, D.C., United States
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