Central State Hospital
Central State Hospital, originally known as the Central Lunatic Asylum, is a psychiatric hospital in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. It was the first institution in the country for "colored persons of unsound mind".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hospital
- Description: hospital in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Central Lunatic Asylum”, “Freedmans Hospital of Howards Grove”, “Georgia State Sanitarium”, and “Milledgeville State Hospital”
- Address: 26317 West Washington Street, Petersburg, 23803
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ettrick-Matoaca Library and Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology.
Ettrick-Matoaca Library
Library
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Ettrick-Matoaca Library is situated 1½ miles north of Central State Hospital.
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology
School
The Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts and Technology is a public regional magnet high school in downtown Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology is situated 2½ miles northeast of Central State Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matoaca and Ettrick.
Matoaca
Village
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Matoaca is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,725 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Pamunkey princess Matoaka who was better known by her nickname "Pocahontas". Matoaca is situated 2 miles northwest of Central State Hospital.
Ettrick
Village
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Ettrick is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station. Ettrick is situated 2½ miles northeast of Central State Hospital.
Petersburg
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458 with a majority black American population.
Central State Hospital
- Category: health care
- Location: Dinwiddie, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.20942° or 37° 12′ 34″ northLongitude
-77.45133° or 77° 27′ 5″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
87946G5X+QFOpenStreetMap ID
way 45061747OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=hospitalOpenStreetMap feature
healthcare=hospitalGeoNames ID
4751819Wikidata ID
Q5061849
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Central State Hospital” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Central State Hospital”
- French: “Central State Hospital”
- German: “Central State Hospital”
- Italian: “Central State Hospital”
- Spanish: “Central State Hospital”
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