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Columbus State Hospital, Columbus, Ohio USA (1870)
Artist/Designer: Columbus State OH Architect Levi T. Scofield
Project Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Style/Period(s):
High Victorian Gothic, Late Victorian
Primary Material(s):
Brick
Function(s):
Health Facility
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Significant Date(s):
1877, 1870-1879
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Publications/Texts in Print:
Kirkbride, Robert. “‘Scent Surveys, Decay and Transformation in the Kirkbride Plan Hospitals of North America.’ Chapter 8.” Essay. In New Sensory Approaches to the Past: Applied Methods in Sensory Heritage and Archaeology. Eds. P. Jordan and S. Mura. London, England: UCL Press, 2025.
Kirkbride, Robert. 2024, December 10. “Phantoms of the Kirkbride Hospitals.” Places Journal. Eds. N. Levinson, F. Richard, J. Wallaert
Building Address:1960 West Broad St., Columbus, Ohio
Significant Dates: Opened 1877, Demolished 1996
Preservation Status: Demolished despite National Register of Historic Places listing, Demolished (despite NRHP): cemetery survives
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