DBHDD to ‘dispose of’ four CSH buildings

  • The Jones Building served as a hospital for 50 years. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD
    The Jones Building served as a hospital for 50 years. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD
  • The Walker Building was used as the male convalescent building and closed in 1974. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD
    The Walker Building was used as the male convalescent building and closed in 1974. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD
  • The Green Building was used to house white convalescent patients until the 1970s when the building was given to Baldwin County to use by the Department of Children and Family Services. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD
    The Green Building was used to house white convalescent patients until the 1970s when the building was given to Baldwin County to use by the Department of Children and Family Services. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD
Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order last Tuesday authorizing the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) to “dispose” of the Jones, Green, Walker, and Wash House buildings on the Central State Hospital (CSH) campus. The Jones Building is approximately 142,140 square feet and was originally built in the 1920s. It served as a hospital treating Central State…

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