Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of Columbus State Hospital, which was located on West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. Situated in a large wooded area, the hospital campus consisted of a central facility with many interconnected wings and several outbuildings. The Columbus State Hospital, a facility for the care and treatment of mentally ill people, admitted its first patient in 1877. This facility replaced the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, which the Ohio General Assembly established in 1835. The asylum's board of trustees chose a 64-acre site on East Broad Street in Columbus. Erected primarily by the labor of Ohio Penitentiary convicts, the hospital received its first patients in November 1838. (The Ohio Lunatic Asylum had replaced the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum at Cincinnati, established in 1821, as the state mental institution.) Built with a capacity for 150 patients, the Ohio Lunatic Asylum soon became overcrowded. Part of the hospital was destroyed by fire in November 1868. In April 1869 the legislature laid plans for a new structure to accommodate 500 patients. The new hospital, built on the "Kirkbride Plan," was under construction from 1870 to 1877. The structure represented the largest single public capital investment by the State of Ohio up to that time, with the exception of the Statehouse. The main building contained over 800 rooms and was said to be the largest building under one roof until the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., was constructed. In 1996, after years of neglect, the Administration Building was demolished. Over the decades, these two facilities operated under various names: Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Central Ohio Hospital for the Insane, Columbus Hospital for the Insane, and Columbus State Hospital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05700
Subjects: Columbus State Hospital (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Aerial views; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Black and white oversize photograph of the Columbus State Hospital for the Insane, located on West Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1877. Situated in a large wooded area, the hospital campus consisted of a central facility with many interconnected wings and several outbuildings. The Columbus State Hospital, a facility for the care and treatment of mentally ill people, admitted its first patient in 1877. This facility replaced the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, which the Ohio General Assembly established in 1835. Built with a capacity for 150 patients, the Ohio Lunatic Asylum soon became overcrowded, and part of the hospital was destroyed by fire in November 1868. In April 1869 the legislature laid plans for a new structure to accommodate 500 patients. This new hospital, built on the "Kirkbride Plan," was under construction from 1870 to 1877, and represented the largest single public capital investment by the State of Ohio up to that time, with the exception of the Statehouse. The main building contained over 800 rooms and was said to be the largest building under one roof until the Pentagon was constructed in Washington, D.C. In 1996, after years of neglect, the Administration Building was demolished. Over the decades, these two facilities operated under various names including the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Central Ohio Hospital for the Insane, Columbus Hospital for the Insane, and Columbus State Hospital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS2872
Subjects: Columbus State Hospital (Ohio); Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Print showing the buildings and grounds of Longview State Hospital, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Longview State Hospital, originally called the Cincinnati Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, was established by the professors and administrators of the Cincinnati Medical College as a treatment and residence center for the mentally ill. The hospital underwent several name changes over the years. From 1822 to 1851 it was known as the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum. Beginning in 1859 it was called the Longview Asylum and later the Longview State Hospital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV61_B1F1_003
Subjects: Longview Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio--Cincinnati; Asylums--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the pool and recreation area at Longview State Hospital, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Longview State Hospital, originally called the Cincinnati Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, was established by the professors and administrators of the Cincinnati Medical College as a treatment and residence center for the mentally ill. The hospital underwent several name changes over the years. From 1822 to 1851 it was known as the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum. Beginning in 1859 it was called the Longview Asylum and later the Longview State Hospital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV61_B1F2_008
Subjects: Longview Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio--Cincinnati; Asylums--Ohio; Swimming;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken on the grounds of Longview State Hospital, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Two men are seen with a truck reading "Longview Occupational Therapy" and a riding lawnmower. One or both men may be patients at Longview participating in groundskeeping as occupational therapy. The Longview State Hospital, originally called the Cincinnati Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, was established by the professors and administrators of the Cincinnati Medical College as a treatment and residence center for the mentally ill. The hospital underwent several name changes over the years. From 1822 to 1851 it was known as the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum. Beginning in 1859 it was called the Longview Asylum and later the Longview State Hospital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV61_B1F4_039
Subjects: Longview Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio--Cincinnati; Asylums--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1850-1859, this is an ambrotype photograph of the Cleveland Sanitarium in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland State Hospital was authorized by an act of the Ohio legislature in 1852. It was the second state psychiatric hospital for long-term care created in Ohio. The location of the main building, completed in 1855, was in the township of Newburgh. In the spring of 1973 a special task force of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation began planning and implementing the discontinuation of inpatient care at the hospital. Cleveland State Hospital was completely phased out by the end of June 1974. By that time, the patients had been gradually transferred to other institutions. The old main building on Turney Road was demolished in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03692
Subjects: Hospitals--Ohio; Other--Health Care; Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Souvenir booklet put out by the Columbus State Hospital, located on West Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1900. The volume includes a history of the hospital as well as details on its current staff, patients and facilities, along with photographic illustrations of the hospital grounds, staff and trustees, and more. The Columbus State Hospital, a facility for the care and treatment of mentally ill people, admitted its first patient in 1877. This facility replaced the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, which the Ohio General Assembly established in 1835. In April 1869. the Ohio legislature laid plans for a new structure to accommodate 500 patients. This new hospital built on the "Kirkbride Plan" was under construction from 1870 to 1877, and represented the largest single public capital investment by the state of Ohio up to that time, with the exception of the Statehouse. Over the decades, these two facilities operated under various names including the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Central Ohio Hospital for the Insane, Columbus Hospital for the Insane, and Columbus State Hospital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Columbus State Hospital (Ohio); Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph book titled, "Picturesque Athens Asylum: Views In and About Athens Asylum for the Insane." In April 1867, the Athens State Hospital was created by an act of the Ohio General Assembly, which appointed three trustees to purchase land and erect a building for the care and treatment of at least 40 patients. Serving the surrounding counties, the Athens hospital supplemented the three existing asylums for the insane at Columbus, Newburgh (Cleveland) and Dayton. Designed by Cleveland architect Levi Scofield and opened in 1874, the hospital was located about one mile west of the city of Athens. The institution has had several name changes: Athens Lunatic Asylum (January- April 1874), South Eastern Ohio Hospital for the Insane (1874-1876), Athens Hospital for the Insane (1876-1878), Athens Asylum for the Insane (1878-1894), Athens State Hospital, Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center, Athens Mental Health and Developmental Center, and Athens Mental Health Center. Originally, the hospital's grounds consisted of a park-like setting, creating a calming environment which doctors hoped would assist patients in recovering their mental health. Patients worked in the gardens, the greenhouse, the orchards, or the dairy, helped to tend livestock, or found employment in the asylum's carriage shop. The asylum also boasted a physical plant that heated the various buildings with steam heat. Many of the patients were never released from the hospital. Most of these people were buried in the asylum's cemetery. The asylum closed as a mental hospital in 1993. Ohio University eventually purchased the grounds, renaming the site "The Ridges" and renovating buildings for classroom and administrative use, including the Kennedy Museum of Art. The hospital is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Asylums--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; Architecture--Ohio;
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dr. William Awl was born on May 24, 1799, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, and throughout his career sought to improve medical care for the imprisoned, the blind, and the mentally ill. Awl helped organize the Ohio Medical Association. This organization lobbied the Ohio legislature to establish a state hospital for the mentally ill and a school for the blind. He was the first physician at the Lunatic Asylum in Columbus and served as its director until 1850. He died on November 19, 1876. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04097
Subjects: Medicine--History; Other--Health Care; Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mounted group photograph showing the Toledo State Hospital baseball team, posed with their equipment and their win-loss record for the 1897 season. The twelve team members are identified by last name and position beneath the photograph. In the back row, left to right, are Long (pitcher), Fink (pitcher), Langon (sub), Willard (center fielder) and Bentley (third base). In the center row, left to right, are Rockeyfellow (right field), Vaughn (second base), Hays (first base), Geey (left fielder) and Horan (shortstop). The two men in front are Brenitt (catcher) and Shuck (pitcher). Originally known as the Toledo Asylum for the Insane, the institution opened in 1888 on a 150-acre plat at the corner of Detroit Avenue and Arlington Avenue. It was the first institution in the United States to be built on the cottage plan; the grounds were situated in a park-like setting and housed a complex of 34 buildings. The name was changed to the Toledo State Hospital in 1894, and the Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital now occupies the site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS2530
Subjects: Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio; Baseball teams; Sports--Ohio--History;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)