Dorothea Dix Hospital

This article is about the hospital in North Carolina; not to be confused with the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor, Maine.

Dorothea Dix Hospital
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
A photo of the NCDHHS Dorothea Dix Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. Pictured are the Hargrove Building (left) and McBryde Building (right) as viewed from Smithwick Drive.
Geography
LocationDorothea Dix Campus
Ryan McBryde Building
820 South Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
Coordinates35°46′09″N 78°39′19″W / 35.7690405°N 78.6552815°W / 35.7690405; -78.6552815
Organisation
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric
History
FoundedFebruary 22, 1856
ClosedAugust 10, 2012
Links
Websitehttps://www.ncdhhs.gov/
(NCDHHS Dorothea Dix Campus)
https://dixpark.org/
(Dorothea Dix Park)

The Dorothea Dix Hospital was the first North Carolina psychiatric hospital, located three miles southwest of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, and named after mental health advocate Dorothea Dix from New England. It was founded in 1856 and closed in 2012. Much of the site is now designated as Dix Park and serves as Raleigh's largest city park. Part of the campus is a historical district called Dix Hill.

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