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.
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Courtesy of | Asylum Projects |
Date | 1907 |
Copyright | Public Domain |
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