The Ridges (Athens, Ohio)
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The Athens Lunatic Asylum began operation in 1874 in Athens, Ohio. Within two years of its opening, the hospital was renamed as the Athens Hospital for the Insane. Later the hospital would be called the Athens Asylum for the Insane, the Athens State Hospital, the Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, the Athens Mental Health and Developmental Center, and then (again) the Athens Mental Health Center. After the hospital's original structure closed, Ohio University acquired the property and renamed the area as The Ridges. However, the institution of the state hospital continued to function in Athens, with patients and staff relocating to a newly constructed facility, which, at the time of the transition in 1993, was called the Southeast Psychiatric Hospital.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum
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Coordinates: 39°19'13"N 82°6'37"W
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