What opened as the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States, Psychiatric Institute of Washington or St. Elizabeths Hospital?
St. Elizabeths Hospital St. Elizabeths Hospital opened in 1855 as the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States. Housing over 8,000 patients at its peak in the 1950s, the hospital at one point had a fully functioning medical-surgical unit, a school of nursing, and accredited internships and psychiatric residencies. Its campus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990.
Elizabeth City Historic District Elizabeth City Historic District is a national historic district located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 592 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounds residential sections of Elizabeth City. The district developed after 1789, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Federal, and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Grice-Fearing House (1789-1808), Shirley Armstrong House (c. 1793), Goodman-Matthews-Pool House (c. 1808), Dr. William Martin House (c. 1834), Pool-Kennedy-Lumsden House (c. 1840), Charles-Hussey House (c. 1849), Richardson-Pool House (c. 1860), North Carolina Building (1859), Cobb Building, the former First Methodist Church, Christ Episcopal Church (1857), J. W. Dent House (c. 1915), Dr. Butt's Drug Store (c. 1869-1884), the McMullen Building (c. 1887), the Lowrey Building (c. 1897), former Citizens Bank (c. 1899), Robinson Building (1903), Kramer Building (1909), Selig Building (1925), the Virginia Dare Hotel and Arcade (1927), First Baptist Church (1889), United States Post Office and Courthouse (c. 1906), and Pasquotank County Courthouse (1882).