Cincinnati Sanitarium
From Asylum Projects
| Cincinnati Sanitarium | |
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| Established | 1873 |
| Opened | 1873 |
| Closed | 1956 |
| Current Status | Demolished |
| Building Style | Cottage Plan |
| Location | Cincinnati, OH |
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History
The Cincinnati Sanitarium was located in the College Hill neighborhood. Three doctors established the Sanitarium because they saw a need for a private care psychatric facility. Patients were treated for mental illness as well as alcohol and opium addictions. The 32-acre property was purchased from the Ohio Female College in 1873 and was used as the Sanitarium until 1956 when it became the Emerson A. North Hospital. It was renamed Dunham Hospital in 1945 after Dr. Henry Kennon Dunham. Today the property is home to the Cincinnati Children's College Hill Campus, a hospital that treats mental illness for children and adolescents.
