Brigham Hall, also known as Grove Home, is a historic psychiatric hospital located at Canandaigua in Ontario County, New York. It is a complex of 10 buildings designed as a facility for the care and confinement of the mentally ill. The Gothic Revival style main building was built about 1855 and is surrounded by the contributing outbuildings. The central section is a 1+1⁄2- to 2-story brick and fieldstone structure, flanked by two-story brick wings. Other structures on the property are Heritage House (or George Cook Memorial Building), an early 20th-century residential unit; Female Unit #1 and Male Unit #2, also constructed in the early 20th century; a frame storage building; paint shop; cistern; gazebo; and Recreation Building, built between 1908 and 1924. By 1960 the complex was converted for use as a nursing home for the elderly.[2]
Brigham Hall | |
 Brigham Hall, January 2008 | |
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 Interactive map showing the location of Brigham Hall | |
| Location | 229 Bristol St., Canandaigua, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′45″N 77°17′23″W / 42.87917°N 77.28972°W |
| Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Canandaigua MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002827[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 1984 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Ontario County Historical Society (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brigham Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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