Georgia Lunatic Asylum in 1861

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The main building of the Georgia Lunatic Asylum (now called the Powell Building of Central State Hospital) near Milledgeville first opened to receive patients in 1842. This engraving of the domed building is taken from an 1861 report by the asylum.

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