Athens State Hospital

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Athens State Hospital was a 19th-century psychiatric institution in Athens, Ohio, later known as The Ridges and noted for its Kirkbride-plan architecture and role in the region’s mental health history.

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instanceOf historic site
mental health institution
psychiatric hospital
alsoKnownAs Athens Asylum for the Insane NERFINISHED
Athens Lunatic Asylum NERFINISHED
The Ridges NERFINISHED
architecturalFeature central administration pavilion with flanking wings
linear ward wings extending from central core
architecturalStyle Kirkbride Plan NERFINISHED
associatedWith changing practices in psychiatric care
deinstitutionalization trends in the 20th century
institutionalization of the mentally ill in the 19th century
category Kirkbride Plan hospitals in the United States
buildings and structures in Athens County, Ohio
former psychiatric hospitals in Ohio
hospital buildings completed in the 19th century
country United States of America
designedAccordingTo principles of Thomas Story Kirkbride
hasCemetery patient burial grounds with many unmarked graves
hasPart cemeteries for patients
main Kirkbride-plan administration building
patient wards
support and farm buildings
heritageDesignation listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
heritageStatus historic psychiatric hospital complex
inception 1874
laterUse mixed educational and cultural uses
part of Ohio University campus
locatedIn Athens, Ohio NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Athens County, Ohio NERFINISHED
Ohio NERFINISHED
near Ohio University NERFINISHED
notableFor Kirkbride-plan architecture NERFINISHED
regional mental health history significance
role in the history of psychiatric treatment in Ohio
opened January 9, 1874
operatedBy State of Ohio NERFINISHED
ownedBy State of Ohio NERFINISHED
partOf history of mental health care in the United States
primaryFunction treatment of mental illness
regionServed southeastern Ohio NERFINISHED
significantPlaceFor regional mental health care in southeastern Ohio
status closed as a state psychiatric hospital
timePeriod 19th century
20th century
treats patients with mental illness
patients with psychiatric disorders

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The Ridges formerlyKnownAs Athens State Hospital