Athens State Hospital, Athens, Ohio (1873)

Artist/Designer: Athens OH Architect Levi T Scofield and Landscape Architect Herman Haerlin

Project Location: Athens, Ohio

Figure 1: Dayroom ( Photographer: Lisa Marie Blohm )

Figure 2: Activity Room ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )

Figure 3: Oculus ( Photographer: Vincent Verna )

Figure 4: Window ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )

Figure 5: Trusses ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )

Figure 6: Central Main Facade ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )

Figure 7: Athens State Hospital Site Photo Aerial View ( Source | Accessed : May 25, 2025 )

Style/Period(s):
High Victorian Gothic, Late Victorian

Primary Material(s):
Brick, Wood, Plaster

Function(s):
Health Facility

Related Website(s):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum

https://www.ohio.edu/ridges/history

https://www.ghmchs.org/athens-state-hospital | Accessed : May 25, 2025

Significant Date(s):
1873

Additional Information:
Architect: Levi T. Scofield and Herman Haerlin

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

Asylum on the Hill, Katherine Ziff (Ohio University Press, 2012)

Building Address: 118 Ridges Cir, Athens, OH 45701

Significant Dates: Opened 1873, East Wing adapted 2019, West Wing to be redeveloped

Preservation Status: National Register of Historic Places

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