Brattleboro Retreat

Brattleboro Retreat
entrance to the main building (2012)
Brattleboro Retreat is located in Vermont
Brattleboro Retreat
Brattleboro Retreat is located in the United States
Brattleboro Retreat
LocationLinden Street and Upper Dummerston Road
Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.
Coordinates42°51′31″N 72°33′44″W / 42.85861°N 72.56222°W / 42.85861; -72.56222
Area620 acres (250 ha)
Built1834
NRHP reference No.84003478[1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 1984

The Brattleboro Retreat is a private not-for-profit mental health hospital that provides comprehensive inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient treatment services for children, adolescents, and adults.

Located just north of downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, United States, the Retreat is situated on approximately 300 acres of land along the Retreat Meadows inlet of the West River. Founded in 1834,[2] the retreat was "the first facility for the care of the mentally ill in Vermont, and one of the first ten private psychiatric hospitals in the United States".[3] It is considered a pioneer in the field of mental health care in the United States.[citation needed]

The retreat is a member of the Ivy League Hospitals.[4] More than 600 acres of the campus, including most of its buildings, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ HEALTH CARE IN VERMONT DATABASE AND TIMELINE
  3. ^ "Mission & History" on the Brattleboro Retreat website
  4. ^ Brattleboro Retreat: The First 150 Years, Best Books (1989)
  5. ^ "NRHP nomination for Brattleboro Retreat". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-11-05.