Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Historic district in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place


Massachusetts Mental Health Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Boston Psychopathic Hospital, 1922
42°20′8″N 71°6′35″W / 42.33556°N 71.10972°W / 42.33556; -71.10972
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.

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 October 30, 2015.^{[dead link]}

External links

Massachusetts Mental Health Center at 75 Fenwood Rd., Boston, MA
Massachusetts Mental Health Center at 180 Morton St., Jamaica Plain, MA

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts

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