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The Public Hospital of 1773
Opened in 1773, Williamsburg’s Public Hospital was the first mental hospital in British North America. Step inside and discover how patient care—and the hospital itself—transformed over time.
Williamsburg’s Public Hospital Timeline
The Public Hospital was born out of a truly revolutionary idea for its time. Williamsburg’s Public Hospital (now Eastern State Hospital) admitted its first patients on October 12, 1773. The following timeline provides a reference for the history of Williamsburg’s Public Hospital.
