Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center

Bangor Mental Health Institute
Location656 State St.
Bangor, Maine
Coordinates44°49′3.5″N 68°44′30″W / 44.817639°N 68.74167°W / 44.817639; -68.74167
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built1896 (1896)
ArchitectJohn Calvin Stevens
NRHP reference No.87000420
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1987

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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