Western North Carolina Insane Asylum (Morganton, N.C.)

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Dates:
Establishment 1883-03-29
Disestablishment 1890

History notes:

The Western North Carolina Insane Asylum at Morganton, N.C. was originally establised in 1883. Its first director was Dr. Patrick Livingston Murphy (1848-1907). In 1890 the hospital's name was changed to State Hospital at Morganton, and in 1959 to Broughton Hospital, named after World War II Governor J. Melville Broughton (1888-1949)

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Subjects:

  • Psychiatric hospitals
  • Psychiatric hospitals

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Places:

  • NC, US