Western State Hospital
Western State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 9601 Steilacoom Boulevard SW in Lakewood, Washington. Administered by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services, it is a large facility with 806 beds, and Washington's second-oldest state-owned enterprise.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hospital
- Description: psychiatric hospital in Lakewood, Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Steilacoom Asylum”, “Western Washington Hospital for the Insane”, and “Western Washington State Hospital”
- Address: 9601 Steilacoom Boulevard, Lakewood, WA 98498
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pierce College and Fort Steilacoom Park.
Pierce College
College
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Pierce College is a public community college system in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It comprises two primary colleges, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood and Pierce College Puyallup in Puyallup, and two additional learning centers. Pierce College is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Western State Hospital.
Fort Steilacoom Park
Park
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Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington is the largest park in the city. The 340-acre park includes Waughop Lake, an off-leash dog park, and several soccer fields and baseball fields.
Waughop Lake
Lake
Waughop Lake is a lake less than 1.6 km east of Steilacoom in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The lake lies within Fort Steilacoom Park, in the city of Lakewood, Washington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steilacoom and Lakewood.
Steilacoom
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steilacoom, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern Puget Sound, is the oldest incorporated town in Washington state. It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.
Lakewood
Town
Photo: Veterans Health, Public domain.
Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind Tacoma, and is a suburban bedroom community. Lakewood is situated 2 miles east of Western State Hospital.
University Place
Town
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University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 34,866 at the 2020 census. University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive. University Place is situated 3½ miles north of Western State Hospital.
Western State Hospital
- Categories: psychiatric hospital and health care
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.18014° or 47° 10′ 49″ northLongitude
-122.56374° or 122° 33′ 50″ westElevation
236 feet (72 metres)Open location code
84VV5CJP+3GOpenStreetMap ID
way 25101011OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=hospitalOpenStreetMap feature
healthcare=hospitalGeoNames ID
5815624Wikidata ID
Q7988334
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Western State Hospital” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Western State Hospital”
- French: “Western State Hospital”
- German: “Western State Hospital”
- Italian: “Western State Hospital”
- Spanish: “Western State Hospital”
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