Howard Hall architectural plans, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: DC's LGBTQ History: Howard Hall at Saint Elizabeths Hospital: When homosexuality was considered a crime, this hospital dealt horrible treatments to those convicted.
This file appears in: DC's LGBTQ History: Howard Hall at Saint Elizabeths Hospital: When homosexuality was considered a crime, this hospital dealt horrible treatments to those convicted.
DC's LGBTQ History: Howard Hall at Saint Elizabeths Hospital: When homosexuality was considered a crime, this hospital dealt horrible treatments to those convicted.
In 1852, Congress chartered Saint Elizabeths Hospital as the Government Hospital for the Insane, with a mission of providing “the most humane care and enlightened curative treatment” for patients from…