Central State Hospital
Established in 1869 in temporary quarters at Howard's Grove near Richmond. In 1870 it came under control of the State. In 1885 it was moved to the present location, the site of "Mayfield Plantation", which was purchased and donated to the State by the City of Petersburg. The first hospital in America exclusively for the treatment of mental disease in the Negro.
Marker is at the intersection of West Washington Street (U.S. 1) and 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
