Lakin State Hospital
| Lakin State Hospital | |
|---|---|
State Hospital for the Colored Insane | |
 | |
| Former names | Lakin State Hospital for the Colored Insane |
| General information | |
| Status | Repurposed Partially Demolished |
| Type | Institutional |
| Location | Lakin, West Virginia |
| Country | United States |
| Construction started | 1919 |
| Opened | 1926 |
| Closed | 1979 |
| Owner | State of West Virginia |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Foundation-Stone, Exterior-Brick, Roof-Slate |
| Known for | The only state hospital with an all black staff, including the superintendent |
Lakin State Hospital, originally known as the Lakin State Hospital for the Colored Insane, was a publicly-funded psychiatric hospital located along West Virginia Route 62 in Lakin, Mason County, West Virginia near Point Pleasant which operated from 1926 until 1979. During segregation and Jim Crow, the asylum was designated by the State of West Virginia to care for the "colored insane".[1] It would become one of only two known psychiatric institutions that was entirely ran by people of color serving an all black population. [2][3]
References
- ^ "Lakin Hospital". gallipolis.uber.matchbin.net. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Stine, Alison. "No Marker, No Memorial: The Lakin State Hospital for the Colored Insane". The Attic. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Gone but not forgotten - The Point Pleasant Register". www.mydailyregister.com. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2020-09-04.