Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute

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Moccasin Bend is the site of the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute. It is located on a private area of land on the Tennessee River. It was founded in 1961 by the Tennessee State Legislature. "Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute is a psychiatric hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with 150 beds. Survey data for the latest year available shows that the hospital had a total of 2,340 admissions.".^[1] The hospital was built into five different buildings. The first building was built in 1961. "A local architect, , designed the majority of the buildings at the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute. Considered "Chattanooga's First Modernist," Bianculli was a pioneer of modern architecture in Tennessee and the southeastern United States."^[2] The hospital specializes in psychiatric care.

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Coordinates: 35°01′33″N 85°20′08″W / 35.0257°N 85.3355°W / 35.0257; -85.3355

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