Dorothea Dix Hospital
The Dorothea Dix Hospital was the first North Carolina psychiatric hospital, located three miles southwest of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, and named after mental health advocate Dorothea Dix from New England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hospital
- Description: hospital in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Dorothea Dix State Hospital” and “North Carolina Hospital for the Mentally Ill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Raleigh Union Station and Central Prison.
Raleigh Union Station
Railway station
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Raleigh Union Station is an intermodal transit station in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Train service began the morning of July 10, 2018. Its main building serves as an Amtrak train station, while a future adjacent building will serve as the bus terminus for GoTriangle. Raleigh Union Station is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Dorothea Dix Hospital.
Central Prison
Prison
Central Prison is a prison operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The prison, west of Downtown Raleigh, is on 29 acres of land and is bounded by a double wire fence with a razor ribbon on top. Central Prison is situated 3,100 feet north of Dorothea Dix Hospital.
Raleigh Convention Center
Convention center
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The Raleigh Convention Center is a convention and exhibition facility in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina that opened in September 2008. The architect was Tvsdesign with the participation of local firms O'Brien/Atkins Associates and Clearscapes. Raleigh Convention Center is situated 1 mile east of Dorothea Dix Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boylan Heights and Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens.
Boylan Heights
Neighborhood
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Boylan Heights is one of eight historic neighborhoods surrounding downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Developed in the early 20th century it was one of the earliest planned suburbs in the city.
Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens
Neighborhood
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Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens is a historic home and garden and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. The main house is a modest 19th century turreted late Victorian period frame cottage, with a Colonial Revival style studio wing and kitchen and dining porch added in 1937.
Historic Oakwood
Neighborhood
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Historic Oakwood is a neighborhood in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places, that is known for its Historic Oakwood Cemetery and many Victorian and Second Empire houses. Historic Oakwood is situated 1½ miles northeast of Dorothea Dix Hospital.
Dorothea Dix Hospital
- Categories: psychiatric hospital and health care
- Location: Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Dorothea Dix Hospital” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dorothea Dix Hospital”
- French: “Dorothea Dix Hospital”
- German: “Dorothea Dix Hospital”
- Italian: “Dorothea Dix Hospital”
- Spanish: “Dorothea Dix Hospital”
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