Western State Hospital Complex

Jct. of U.S. 11 and U.S. 250, Staunton (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Staunton.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 25, 1969. NRIS 69000362.

5 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Western State Lunatic Asylum

From Wikipedia:

Western State Hospital (Staunton, Virginia)

Western State Hospital, called Western State Lunatic Asylum in its early years, is a hospital for the mentally ill in Staunton, Virginia, which admitted its first patient on July 24, 1828.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683829

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