Athens Lunatic Asylum

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Athens Lunatic Asylum was a 19th-century psychiatric hospital in Athens, Ohio, known for its extensive mental health facilities, distinctive Victorian architecture, and later transformation into The Ridges, a part of Ohio University.

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instanceOf historic site
mental health facility
psychiatric hospital
alternativeName Athens Asylum for the Insane NERFINISHED
Athens State Hospital NERFINISHED
The Ridges NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival architecture NERFINISHED
Italianate architecture NERFINISHED
Victorian architecture
category Hospital buildings completed in the 19th century
Ohio University campus buildings
Psychiatric hospitals in Ohio
Victorian architecture in Ohio
constructionStartDate 1868
coordinateLocation 39.322°N 82.101°W (approximate)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse Ohio University art museum NERFINISHED
Ohio University offices
classrooms and academic space
dissolutionDate 1993
governingBody Ohio Department of Mental Health (historically) NERFINISHED
hasPart cemeteries
chapel
farm and agricultural facilities
main administration building
outbuildings and support structures
patient wards
hasUse long-term mental health care
psychiatric treatment
treatment of Civil War veterans with mental illness
treatment of alcoholism
treatment of dementia
treatment of epilepsy
treatment of tuberculosis patients at times
treatment of women diagnosed with mental illness
heritageDesignation historic district
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places
inception 1874
laterUse Ohio University campus facility
The Ridges (Ohio University) complex NERFINISHED
locatedIn Athens, Ohio NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Athens County, Ohio NERFINISHED
Ohio NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
nearby Hocking River NERFINISHED
Ohio University main campus NERFINISHED
notableFor Victorian institutional architecture
association with changing mental health treatment practices
extensive landscaped grounds
historic cemetery for patients
large patient population in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
use of the Kirkbride Plan layout
openingDate January 9, 1874
operatedBy State of Ohio NERFINISHED
ownedBy State of Ohio NERFINISHED
partOf Ohio mental health system
peakPatientPopulation over 1,800 patients (early 20th century)
significantEvent gradual deinstitutionalization in the late 20th century
transfer of property to Ohio University in the 1980s–1990s

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The Ridges formerlyKnownAs Athens Lunatic Asylum