Dorothea Dix Hospital

hospital in North Carolina, United States
Organization psychiatric_hospital Q5298239
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Summary

Dorothea Dix Hospital is a psychiatric hospital[1]. It draws 170 Wikipedia views per month (psychiatric_hospital category, ranking #18 of 71).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dorothea Dix Hospital is located in North Carolina[3].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital is in the country of United States[4].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's instance of is recorded as psychiatric hospital[5].
  • Dorothea Dix is named after Dorothea Dix Hospital[6].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's Commons category is recorded as Dorothea Dix Hospital[7].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 35.769, 'longitude': -78.6553, 'precision': 0.001}[8].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's official website is recorded as http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dsohf/services/dix/[9].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's official name is recorded as Dorothea Dix Hospital[10].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's official name is recorded as North Carolina Hospital for the Mentally Ill[11].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's official name is recorded as The State Hospital at Raleigh[12].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's official name is recorded as The Insane Asylum of North Carolina[13].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's official name is recorded as The Insane Asylum of North Carolina[14].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's date of official opening is recorded as 1856[15].
  • Dorothea Dix Hospital's date of official closure is recorded as August 10, 2012[16].

Body

Identity

Official names include Dorothea Dix Hospital[10], North Carolina Hospital for the Mentally Ill[11], The State Hospital at Raleigh[12], and The Insane Asylum of North Carolina[13].

Why It Matters

Dorothea Dix Hospital draws 170 Wikipedia views per month (psychiatric_hospital category, ranking #18 of 71).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Haven on the hill: A history of North Carolina's Dorothea Dix Hospital. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . nps.gov. nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . digital.lib.ecu.edu. digital.lib.ecu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Haven on the hill: A history of North Carolina's Dorothea Dix Hospital. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Haven on the hill: A history of North Carolina's Dorothea Dix Hospital. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Haven on the hill: A history of North Carolina's Dorothea Dix Hospital. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wral.com. wral.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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