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St. Elizabeths in Washington, D.C. : architecture of an asylum / Sarah A. Leavitt.

Title
St. Elizabeths in Washington, D.C. : architecture of an asylum / Sarah A. Leavitt.
Author
Leavitt, Sarah,
Publication
  • Charleston, SC : History Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Description
156 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans; 23 cm
Summary
"St. Elizabeths has been a mental health hospital in Washington D.C. since 1852, when it was established by the United States Congress as the Government Hospital for the Insane. St. Elizabeths, along with other hospitals, experienced rapid expansion in its first century, hitting a peak of almost eight thousand patients by the 1960s. Deinstitutionalization in the second half of the twentieth century emptied out the historic buildings on campus. This well-illustrated book follows an exhibition at the National Building Museum, tracing the hospital's evolution over time, highlighting the ways that this specialized architecture and landscape served the mentally ill. It continues the story of St. Elizabeths, a National Historic Landmark, through its current redevelopment as a federal campus and mixed-use neighborhood"--Back cover.
Subject
  • District of Columbia
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric > history
  • Psychiatric hospitals > Design and construction
  • Psychiatric hospitals > United States > History
  • Psychiatric hospitals > Washington (D.C.) > History
  • Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
RC445.W183
ISBN
  • 9781467141727
  • 1467141720
LCCN
40029205012
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries