Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum campus

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The Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum campus, now known as Central State Hospital, is a historic former psychiatric hospital complex in Milledgeville, Georgia, once one of the largest mental health institutions in the United States.

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instanceOf historic district
medical institution complex
psychiatric hospital campus
alsoKnownAs Central State Hospital NERFINISHED
Central State Hospital campus, Milledgeville NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
Victorian architecture
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentName Central State Hospital campus NERFINISHED
currentUse partially active mental health facilities
vacant and abandoned historic buildings
declinePeriod late 20th century
eraOfGreatestExpansion early 20th century
late 19th century
formerName Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum NERFINISHED
hasCemetery Central State Hospital cemetery NERFINISHED
hasFacility administration buildings
cemeteries
chapels
farm structures
hospital buildings
power plant
residential cottages
heritageStatus considered a historic site
historicUse institutionalization of people with epilepsy
institutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities
long‑term institutionalization of people with mental illness
inception 1842
locatedIn Milledgeville, Georgia NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Baldwin County, Georgia NERFINISHED
State of Georgia NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
near Oconee River NERFINISHED
downtown Milledgeville
notableFor controversial treatment practices typical of large 19th–20th century asylums
large scale of institutional care
role in history of psychiatry in the American South
operator Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities NERFINISHED
originalFunction mental health institution
state psychiatric hospital
owner State of Georgia NERFINISHED
peakPatientPopulation over 10,000 patients
significance once one of the largest mental health institutions in the United States
topicOf historic preservation efforts
studies of institutionalization and mental health reform in Georgia
transportAccess served by U.S. Route 441

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Central State Hospital campus alsoKnownAs Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum campus