Western State Hospital Historic District

	Western State Hospital Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
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Location	US 64, Bolivar, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°16′32″N 89°01′36″W / 35.2756°N 89.02674°WCoordinates: 35°16′32″N 89°01′36″W / 35.2756°N 89.02674°W
Area	37 acres (15 ha)
Architect	MacDonald Bros.; Hedrick, Wyatt C., Inc.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	87001057
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1987

The Western State Hospital Historic District is a 37 acres (15 ha) historic district in Bolivar, Tennessee which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It then included seven contributing buildings and four non-contributing ones. It has also been known as the Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar, as the Western State Psychiatric Hospital, and as the Western Mental Health Institute.^[1]^[2]

Its 1889 building was designed by architect . Its 1932 building known as the Psychopathic Hospital, later known as the Polk Building, was designed by architect Wyatt C. Hedrick of Memphis.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b James B. Jones and Claudette Stager (April 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Western State Hospital Historic District / Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar / Western State Psychiatric Hospital / Western Mental Health Institute". National Park Service. Retrieved April 24, 2017. With 38 photos from 1987.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] James B. Jones and Claudette Stager (April 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Western State Hospital Historic District / Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar / Western State Psychiatric Hospital / Western Mental Health Institute". National Park Service. Retrieved April 24, 2017. With 38 photos from 1987.

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