Massachusetts Mental Health Center

42°20′18″N 71°06′22″W / 42.3382°N 71.1060°W / 42.3382; -71.1060OrganizationFundingGovernment hospitalTypeSpecialistServicesEmergency departmentNoSpecialityBehavioral healthPublic transit accessMBTAHistoryFormer name(s)Boston Psychopathic HospitalOpened1912LinksListsHospitals in Massachusetts LocationBoston, MassachusettsBuilt1912ArchitectKendall, Taylor & Co.Architectural styleLate Gothic RevivalMPSMassachusetts State Hospitals And State Schools MPSNRHP reference No.93001489 ^[1]Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1994

The Massachusetts Mental Health Center is a historic psychiatric hospital complex at 75 Fenwood Road in the Longwood medical area of Boston, Massachusetts.

The center was founded in 1912 as the Boston Psychopathic Hospital. Its original main building and power plant were built that year, with additions in later decades including a therapeutic wing (1954) and research building (1957). The entire property was surrounded by an iron picket fence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, representing one of the nation's oldest psychiatric hospitals.^[2] In 2009 the center's historic campus at 74 Fenwood Road was acquired by Partners HealthCare and demolished the following year. The center continues to operate in modern facilities at 75 Fenwood Road.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts

References

External links

• Massachusetts Mental Health Center at 75 Fenwood Rd., Boston, MA
• Massachusetts Mental Health Center at 180 Morton St., Jamaica Plain, MA