{"nrhp_refnum":"71000548","name":"Utica State Hospital","other_names":["Utica State Hospital Main Building","Mohawk Valley Psychiatric"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1213 Court St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.10504720100005,"lon":-75.25295690746108,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-10-26","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1989-06-30","areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Engineering","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival state asylum building at 1213 Court Street in Utica, Oneida County, New York, built of Trenton limestone between 1838 and 1843 and originally called the New York State Lunatic Asylum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an outstanding Greek Revival landmark, praised by architectural historians Talbot Hamlin and Henry-Russell Hitchcock for its monumental Doric portico. It was the first state-owned and operated institution for the mentally ill, and was the largest of its kind in the country when completed. Its grounds were designed by Andrew Jackson Downing, and its first director, Dr. Amariah Brigham, pioneered work-based treatment of mental illness.","narrative":"Begun in 1838 and opened in January 1843, this limestone building in Utica was originally the New York State Lunatic Asylum, the first state-owned and operated institution for the mentally ill. It stretches 550 feet and is dominated by a portico of six fluted Doric columns, each 48 feet high. The walls are dressed Trenton limestone quarried nearby. William Clarke, a commissioner and former village president, is credited as designer; a planned quadrangle of four buildings proved too costly, so only one was completed. Andrew Jackson Downing laid out the grounds in 1842. The original structure had advanced heating, ventilation and running water. Fire damaged the interior in 1857, and it was rebuilt. Architectural historians Talbot Hamlin and Henry-Russell Hitchcock praised its scale and portico. Its first director, Dr. Amariah Brigham, provided workshops for patients and a printing shop that produced the American Journal of Insanity.","period_of_significance":"Constructed 1838-1843","architect_builder":"William Clarke (designer, commissioner); commissioners Francis Spinner and Elam Lynds; masons William Jones and Tobias Johnson; master carpenter C. O. Nye; grounds by Andrew Jackson Downing","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fine condition, occupied and in use as a mental hospital, with administrative functions in the center section; interior rebuilt after a 1857 fire and a brick addition built at the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.146318-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/71000548.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000548/83d0830ab2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000548/83d0830ab2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Doncram","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UticaStateHospital_center_December2007.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doncram</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UticaStateHospital_center_December2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320269","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica_Psychiatric_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4812022"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/utica-state-hospital-71000548/"}