Oregon State Hospital, Salem, Oregon USA (1883)

Artist/Designer: Salem OR Architects W.F. Boothby and Edgar M.Lazarus

Project Location: Salem, Oregon, United States

Figure 1: Panorama of Façade ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )

Figure 2: Detail of columbarium designed by Lead Pencil Studio ( Photographer: Robert Kirkbride )

Figure 3: West Exterior Facade
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OSH-JoshPartee-8840
( Source | Accessed : May 23, 2025 )

Figure 4: Oregon State Hospital c. 1900 ( Source )

Figure 5: Oregon State Hospital Elevation Drawing 1881 ( Source )

Style/Period(s):
Italianate

Primary Material(s):
Brick

Function(s):
Health Facility

Related Website(s):

OSH Museum of Mental Health

Preservation Works | Accessed : May 21, 2025

Architects Boothby and Lazarus | Accessed : May 25, 2025

Significant Date(s):
1883, 2011, 19th Century, 20th Century

Additional Information:
Architects: W.F. Boothby and Edgar M. Lazarus

Publications/Texts:

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

Oregon Asylum, Diane L. Goeres-Gardner (Arcadia Publishing, 2013)

Inside Oregon State Hospital, Diane L. Goeres-Gardner (The History Press, 2013)

Building Address: 2600 Center St NE, Salem, OR 97301

Significant Date(s): Opened in 1883, Renovated 2011

Preservation Status: National Register of Historic Places

TAGS: Preservation, Kirkbride Plan,

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