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East Louisiana State Hospital, 1907

Charged with designing a hospital in 1847 that would not look like a prison, architect Charles Gibbons produced this Greek Revival design for the state's first facility for mentally ill patients.

East Louisiana State Hospital, 1907

Courtesy of Asylum Projects

East Louisiana State Hospital, 1907. Unknown

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Courtesy of Asylum Projects
Date 1907
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