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Virginia, United States

Western State Hospital

Virginia, United States

Western State Hospital
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Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia, is a Greek Revival institution for mental health care that admitted its first patient on July 24, 1828. Originally known as the Western State Lunatic Asylum, the facility represents an early-nineteenth-century approach to psychiatric treatment and stands as both a National Register of Historic Places listing and a Virginia Historic Landmark.

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Type
hospital, historic district
Heritage
National Register of Historic Places listed place, Virginia Historic Landmark
Place
Virginia, United States

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