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The federally owned west campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital is scheduled to be converted to Homeland Security headquarters, a move some preservationists and Southeast Washington residents oppose. The city-owned east campus will be developed for residential and retail use. Construction on a smaller St. Elizabeths mental hospital started there in December.

[Map: St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.]

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