Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historic psychiatric hospital
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces April 19, 1978
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Richard_Snowden_Andrews
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Kirkbride_Plan
gptkbp:area 666 acres
gptkbp:built 1858
gptkbp:capacity 250 (original design)
gptkbp:closed 1994
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:museum
gptkb:tourist_attraction
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Destination_Fear
gptkb:Ghost_Adventures
gptkb:Ghost_Hunters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
gptkbp:location gptkb:Weston,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:notableEvent Civil War occupation
closure due to changes in mental health treatment
fire in 1935
gptkbp:notableFor paranormal activity
largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 78002808
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 4
gptkbp:opened 1864
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:Weston_State_Hospital
gptkbp:overcrowdedCapacity over 2,400 (at peak)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Asylum_for_the_Insane
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4