Human Services Center
Human Services Center | |
The Hospital as seen from the south, showing the power plant, the administration and the water tower. | |
| Location | Off US 81, Yankton, South Dakota |
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| Coordinates | 42°54′52″N 97°25′40″W / 42.91444°N 97.42778°W |
| Built | 1882 |
| Architect | Mead, Dr. Leonard C. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian |
| MPS | Northern and Central Townships of Yankton MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003771 |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1980 |
The Human Services Center in Yankton, South Dakota is a psychiatric hospital that was built in 1882. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
It was included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2009 list of America's Most Endangered Places. "Founded in 1879 as the South Dakota Hospital for the Insane, the institution’s collection of neo-Classical, Art Deco and Italianate buildings have long stood vacant, and the state plans to tear down 11 of them."
The institution's name has been changed several times from South Dakota State Hospital for the Insane to South Dakota Lunatic Asylum to South Dakota State Hospital, to Yankton State Hospital.