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| opened = 1856 | | opened = 1856 | ||
| closed = 2012 | | closed = 2012 | ||
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| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] | | current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] | ||
| building_style = [[Pre-1854 Plans|Pre-1854 Plan]] | | building_style = [[Pre-1854 Plans|Pre-1854 Plan]] | ||
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In his 1874 hospital report, Superintendent Eugene Grissom wrote: "It was discovered that the insane were not beasts and demons, but men whom disease had left disarmed and wounded in the struggle of life and whom, not often, some good Samaritan might lift up, and pour in oil and wine, and set anew on their journey rejoicing. | In his 1874 hospital report, Superintendent Eugene Grissom wrote: "It was discovered that the insane were not beasts and demons, but men whom disease had left disarmed and wounded in the struggle of life and whom, not often, some good Samaritan might lift up, and pour in oil and wine, and set anew on their journey rejoicing. | ||
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== Images of Dorothea Dix Hospital == | == Images of Dorothea Dix Hospital == | ||
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A grant was provided by the United States Small Business Administration to plant a border of trees around the cemetery. This tree border was built to obscure the view that had been left by an abandoned landfill. For nearly a century, only a cross and a stamped number marked most graves. Thus, hiding the family name from the shame of their sickness. In an effort to treat those resting in the cemetery with the respect and dignity they deserve, the hospital has creating a dignified final resting place for those who have died poor, unwanted and forgotten. | A grant was provided by the United States Small Business Administration to plant a border of trees around the cemetery. This tree border was built to obscure the view that had been left by an abandoned landfill. For nearly a century, only a cross and a stamped number marked most graves. Thus, hiding the family name from the shame of their sickness. In an effort to treat those resting in the cemetery with the respect and dignity they deserve, the hospital has creating a dignified final resting place for those who have died poor, unwanted and forgotten. | ||
− | The Dorothea Dix Cemetery is frozen in time. Several times a year the hospital receives written requests or personal visits from individuals across the country seeking their roots. The transcription of 754 burials is taken from the 1991 survey produced by Faye McArthur of the Dorothea Dix Community Relations Department. Many thanks are owed to Faye McArthur for her dedication and cooperation in providing this list. 754 of the 958 graves were identified. New markers were installed with the name of the patient and the date of death. This list is provided at the "Cemetery Census" website on the web at http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/wake/cem244.htm. | + | The Dorothea Dix Cemetery is frozen in time. Several times a year the hospital receives written requests or personal visits from individuals across the country seeking their roots. The transcription of 754 burials is taken from the 1991 survey produced by Faye McArthur of the Dorothea Dix Community Relations Department. Many thanks are owed to Faye McArthur for her dedication and cooperation in providing this list. 754 of the 958 graves were identified. New markers were installed with the name of the patient and the date of death. This list is provided at the "Cemetery Census" website on the web at <ref>[http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/wake/cem244.htm DOROTHEA DIX HOSPITAL CEMETERY]</ref> |
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+ | ==News== | ||
+ | April 5, 2012 [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/04/03/3154448/last-patients-to-leave-dorothea.html Last patients to leave Dorothea Dix in August] | ||
[[Category:North Carolina]] | [[Category:North Carolina]] |