Austin State Hospital

Austin State Hospital

Infobox nrhp | name = Austin State Hospital



caption = The former State Lunatic Asylum is now the administration building for the Austin State Hospital campus.
location=4110 Guadalupe
Austin, Texas, USA
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 30
lat_minutes = 18
lat_seconds = 26.64
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 97
long_minutes = 44
long_seconds = 13.92
long_direction = W
built = 1857
architect=Charles Payne
architecture=Classical Revival
added = December 4, 1987
refnum=87002115
governing_body = Texas Department of State Health Services

Austin State Hospital, formerly known as the State Lunatic Asylum, is the oldest psychiatric hospital in the state of Texas. Established by the Legislature in 1856, it commenced operations in 1861 with twelve patients. The name was changed in 1925.

The Hospital is the subject of a history by Sarah C. Sitton, "Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum 1857 - 1997," published by the Texas A&M University Press in 1999 as Number 82 in the Centennial Series.

External links

* [http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhhospitals/AustinSH/ Austin State Hospital]
*Handbook of Texas|id=AA/sba7|name=Austin State Hospital
* [http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/disabilities/resources/history/history Disability History in Texas]


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