Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Massachusetts Mental Health Center | |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°20′8″N 71°6′35″W / 42.33556°N 71.10972°WCoordinates: 42°20′8″N 71°6′35″W / 42.33556°N 71.10972°W |
Built | 1912 |
Architect | Kendall, Taylor & Co. |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
MPS | Massachusetts State Hospitals And State Schools MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 93001489 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 21, 1994 |
The Massachusetts Mental Health Center is a historic psychiatric hospital complex at 75 Fenwood Road in the Longwood medical area of Boston, Massachusetts.
The center was founded in 1912 as the Boston Psychopathic Hospital. Its original main building and power plant were built that year, with additions in later decades including a therapeutic wing (1954) and research building (1957). The entire property was surrounded by an iron picket fence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, representing one of the nation's oldest psychiatric hospitals.[2] In 2009 the center's historic campus at 74 Fenwood Road was acquired by Partners HealthCare and demolished the following year. The center continues to operate in modern facilities at 75 Fenwood Road.
See also[]
- National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Massachusetts Mental Health Center". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
External links[]
- Massachusetts Mental Health Center at mass.gov; 75 Fenwood Road
- Massachusetts Mental Health Center at 180 Morton St., Jamaica Plain, MA - 02130 (clinics.com)
- Historic districts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Health in Massachusetts
- Fenway–Kenmore
- National Register of Historic Places in Boston
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Boston Registered Historic Place stubs
- Boston building and structure stubs