Central State Hospital in Milledgeville was once the largest psychiatric hospital in the country and the second largest in the world. Now, it's named one of the 10 "Places in Peril" by the Georgia ...

The State Lunatic Asylum, The Georgia State Sanitarium, The Milledgeville State Hospital, and finally Central State Hospital. The campus opened in 1842 becoming the world's largest mental hospital.

Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Ga., was once the second largest mental institution in the world, with 12,000 patients. These days, there are competing ideas for the 2,000-acre campus ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — The state of Georgia is planning a massive demolition at the site of some of its darkest history; a sprawling mental hospital in Milledgeville which has been mostly vacant ...

State officials said Wednesday they are shutting down adult mental health services at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, the age-old hospital that symbolized the darkest days of psychiatric ...

C entral State Hospital in Milledgeville has had many names: the state lunatic asylum, the Georgia State Sanitarium, the Milledgeville State Hospital and, now, Central State Hospital. The campus ...

The Milledgeville property is now mostly empty and falling into decay. 2,000-acres still echo with the memory of the patients who were treated—and mistreated—at Georgia’s state asylum. Parts ...

Once considered the world’s largest mental institution, Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia, is inviting Airbnb guests to stay the night in a renovated bungalow nestled on the 2,000 ...

Georgia Senate passed a bill to transform Central State's Local Redevelopment Authority into a state-run entity, moving next ...

In 1842, what was then called the Georgia Lunatic Asylum opened for business in Milledgeville, the state’s capital at the time. The sprawling facility would become the largest mental institution ...

MILLEDGEVILLE- Central State Hospital expects to cut about 280 employees in the next month while transferring out patients with developmental disabilities. Tom Wilson, a spokesman for the state Dep… ...

1. Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Ga. Construction began in 1837; opened in 1842. Once the largest psychiatric facility in the country and possibly the world. At its peak in the 1960s, it ...