Administration Building at the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida.

Title

• Administration Building at the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida.

Image Number

• TD00188A

Year

• 1957

Date Note

• Photographed on July 23 or 24, 1957.

Series Title

• General: Tallahassee Democrat collection.
• Specific: Tallahassee Democrat collection M87- 27, Box 1

General Note

• The hospital was originally the site of the Chattahoochee Arsenal (also known as the Mt. Vernon Arsenal) built in the 1830s. In 1868, under Governor Harrison Reed, the U.S. arsenal property at Chattahoochee became Florida's first penitentiary. The hospital's current Administration Building is the original Officers Quarters of that Arsenal and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It had served as a supply depot during the Seminole Wars. The Florida State Hospital was created in 1877 as the Florida Asylum for the Indigent Insane (Ch. 3035, Laws of Florida, 1877). In 1886, it was renamed the Florida Hospital for the Insane. In 1919, it received its present name, the Florida State Hospital. The Board of Commissioners of State Institutions (Ch. 3578, Acts, 1885) had general supervision over the state psychiatric hospital until 1969. At that time, it was placed under the supervision of the Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services (Ch. 69-106, Laws of Florida) and later under the Department of Children and Families (Chapter 96-403, Laws of Florida). This building was later designated the William DeWitt Rogers Administration Building in 2007.
• Accompanying note: "Superintendent Dr. W.D. Rogers of the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee now lives in this house, built between 1834 and 1839 for the commandant of the Chattahoochee Arsenal of the United States."

Photographer/Personal Author

• Richards, Don.

Additional Corporate Creator

• Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)

Physical Description

• 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Administration buildings
• Houses--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Historic buildings--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Public institutions--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Public hospitals--Florida--Chattahoochee
• State hospitals--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Mental health facilities--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Psychiatric hospitals--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Public architecture--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Public buildings--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Health facilities--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Architecture, Domestic--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Dwellings--Florida--Chattahoochee
• Hospital buildings--Florida--Chattahoochee

Geographic Term

• Gadsden County (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• Chattahoochee (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Personal Subject

• Rogers, William DeWitt, 1908-1999--Homes and haunts.

Subject Corporate

• United States. Army--Officers--Barracks and quarters.
• Chattahoochee Arsenal (Fla.)
• Florida State Hospital--Buildings.

Shelf Number

• Location: 30740B.