| St. Elizabeths Hospital | |
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| District of Columbia | |
 An early 20th century photo of the Center Building at St. Elizabeths, one of the oldest structures on the hospital campus | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1100 Alabama Avenue, Southeast, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Specialty | Psychiatric |
| Public transit access |  Congress Heights |
| History | |
| Construction started | August 1852 |
| Opened | October 1855 |
| Links | |
| Website | sehcommunity.org |
St. Elizabeths Hospital | |
 Aerial view of the West Campus in 2015 | |
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| Location | 2700 and 2701 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, 1100 Alabama Avenue SE Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°51′03″N 76°59′40″W / 38.85083°N 76.99444°W |
| Area | 346 acres (140 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architect | Thomas U. Walter; Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge |
| Architectural style | Italianate Revival, Italian Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003101 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1979 |
| Designated NHLD | December 14, 1990 |
St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. . The hospital opened in 1855 under the name Government Hospital for the Insane. It was the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States.
It could hold 8,000 patients when it first opened. The hospital had a fully working medical-surgical unit, a school of nursing, accredited internships and psychiatric residencies.
Its campus was made a National Historic Landmark in 1990.
