Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

West Virginia, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Phone: +1-304-259-5070

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The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a sprawling psychiatric hospital in Weston, West Virginia, was designed by Baltimore architect Richard Snowden Andrews and constructed between 1858 and 1881 using the Kirkbride Plan. Built in Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival styles, the hospital's main structure stands as one of the largest hand-cut stonemasonry buildings in the United States. Originally intended to house 250 patients when it opened in 1864, the facility became severely overcrowded by the 1950s, reaching a population of 2,400 before closing in 1994. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990, the abandoned complex was sold at auction in 2007 and reopened as a tourist attraction in 2008, with tours and events supporting its ongoing restoration.

Architect

Richard Snowden Andrews

Movement

Tudor Revival architecture Gothic Revival

Type: hospital, former hospital
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Historic Landmark
Place: West Virginia, United States

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Location

39.03860, -80.47140