Broughton Hospital (Morganton, N.C.)
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In 1875, the State provided $75,000 for the establishment of a second psychiatric hospital. Built in Morganton on 283 acres (115 ha) of land, Western Carolina Insane Asylum, opened on March 29, 1883 ; first director, Dr. Patrick Livingston Murphy ; In 1890 the hospital's name was changed to State Hospital at Morganton, a name it kept until 1959 ; In 1959, State Hospital at Morganton became Broughton Hospital, named after World War II Governor J. Melville Broughton (1888-1949).
