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12-11-2003, 04:30 PM
hay zen..look up broughton state mental hospital in Morganton nc ..its one of the oldest mental hospitals still in operation
and near the toun where i grew up ..the building from overhead looks like a giant bat
[img]http://www.broughtonhospital.org/assets/images/db_images/db_broughton_lobby_picture5.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.broughtonhospital.org/assets/images/Broughton_Hospital.gif[/img]
On March 29, 1883, the first patient was admitted to the Morganton facility. Shortly thereafter, approximately 100 patients were transferred by rail from the crowded hospital in Raleigh. During the first two years of operation, 252 patients were received.
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