St. Elizabeth's Hospital

St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Southeast Washington, D.C. operated by the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health. The hospital opened in 1855 under the name Government Hospital for the Insane, the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States.
  • Location: 1100 Alabama Avenue, Southeast, Washington, D.C., U.S.
  • Opened: October 1855
  • Built: 1852
  • Architect: Thomas U. Walter; Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
  • Architectural style: Italianate Revival, Italian Gothic Revival
  • Funding: Public hospital
  • Specialty: Psychiatric

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