St. Elizabeths Hospital

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.

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Category:1855 establishments in the United States
Category:19th-century establishments in Washington, D.C.
Category:Hospitals in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.