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Henryton Center

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  Henryton Center (aka Henryton State Hospital) was established in 1922 for the care of African-American tuberculosis patients.  Sarah A. Collins Fernandis, the first African-American female social worker in Maryland, was instrumental in the erection of this facility.  In 1963 the hospital was transferred to the Department of Mental Hygiene and began to operate a training and habilitation program for severely and profoundly retarded ambulatory adults. The center was closed in 1985.

 

- Maryland State Archives

 

 

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