Hopemont State Hospital
Inscription
Established in 1911 by an act of the Legislature as the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. In 1921, name was changed to the Hopemont Sanitarium and to the Hopemont State Hospital for the chronically ill, aged, and infirm in 1965.
Location
AddressWV 7, 11.0 miles east of Rt. 26 and 2.7 miles west of state line
CountyPreston
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates39.503060, -79.622690
Sources
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