Crownsville State Hospital

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Crownsville_State_Hospital
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:psychologist
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Maryland_State_Hospital_for_the_Negro_Insane
gptkb:Crownsville_Hospital_Center
gptkbp:architecturalStyle institutional
gptkbp:area Crownsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
gptkbp:closed 2004
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:demolished partially
gptkbp:governingBody Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Crownsville State Hospital
gptkbp:location gptkb:Crownsville,_Maryland
gptkbp:notableEvent burial site for unclaimed patients
site of racial segregation in mental health care
gptkbp:notableFor African American history
segregated mental health care
gptkbp:opened 1911
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:State_of_Maryland
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:Hospital_for_the_Negro_Insane_of_Maryland
gptkbp:patientsServed African Americans (initially)
general population (later years)
gptkbp:status closed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Crownsville_Hospital_Center
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7