Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum

1960 W. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio. County/parish: Franklin.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 24, 1986. NRIS 86000851.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital Administration Building an

From Wikipedia:

Columbus State Hospital

Columbus State Hospital, also known as the Ohio State Hospital for the Insane, was a public psychiatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1838 and rebuilt in 1877. The hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan.

The building was said to have been the largest in the U.S. or the world, until the Pentagon was completed in 1943.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988551

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