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Weston State Hospital (Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum) Weston, West Virginia (1864)

Artist/Designer: Weston WV Architect Richard S Andrews

Project Location: Weston West Virginia

Figure 1: Dining Room ( Photographer: Jaime Tirado )
Figure 2: Hexagonal Parlor ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )
Figure 3: Hallway ( Photographer: Rachael Pollack )
Figure 4: Hallway ( Photographer: Rachael Pollack )
Figure 5: Yellow Hall ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )
Figure 6: Upper Corridor ( Photographer: Rusty Tagliareni & Christina Mathews )
Figure 7: Stenciled flowers ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )
Figure 8: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ( Source | Accessed : May 24, 2025 )
Weston State Hospital
Figure 9: Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division ( Source | Accessed : May 24, 2025 )

Style/Period(s):
Jacobean Revival

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Plaster, Wood, Vinyl

Function(s):
Health Facility

Related Website(s):

Tours Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | Accessed : May 24, 2025
Trans-Allegheny Asylum | Accessed : May 24, 2025
Preservation Works | Accessed : May 24, 2025

Significant Date(s):
1864

Additional Information:
Architect: Richard Snowdon Andrews

Publications/Texts in Print:
Kirkbride, Robert. 2024, December 10. “Phantoms of the Kirkbride Hospitals.” Places Journal. Eds. N. Levinson, F. Richard, J. Wallaert

Kirkbride, Robert. 2025, July 1. “Scent Surveys, Decay and Transformation in the Kirkbride Plan Hospitals of North America.” Chapter 8 in New Sensory Approaches to the Past: Applied Methods in Sensory Heritage and Archaeology. Eds. P. Jordan and S. Mura. London, England: UCL Press

Night Watch, Jayne Anne Phillips (Alfred A. Knopf, 2024)

Building Address: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, 71 Asylum Drive,Weston, West Virginia 26452

Significant Dates: Opened 1864, Restored 2007

Preservation Status: National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places

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