Building on History at Eastern State Hospital
Founded in 1773, Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, was the nation’s first public facility for the care and treatment of people with mental illness. Building on this rich history, the new 150-bed Adult Mental Health Treatment Center will be the second phase of a three-phase campus master plan, intended to consolidate the hospital’s sprawling 500-acre campus to an efficient use of 100 acres at its “front door.” Currently under construction, the Adult Mental Health Treatment Center is scheduled to be occupied during the summer of 2010.