Bangor Mental Health Institute

656 State St., Bangor, Maine. County/parish: Penobscot.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 16, 1987. NRIS 87000420.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Eastern Maine Insane Hospital

From Wikipedia:

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center

The Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center is a psychiatric hospital operated by the state of Maine. It is located at 656 State Street in Bangor, and was previously known as the Eastern Maine Insane Asylum and the Bangor Mental Health Institute. It was established in 1895, and the main building on its campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686910

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