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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, WV

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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Tour the halls of a huge Kirkbride-plan stone asylum in Weston on guided history walks and nighttime ghost hunts.

71 Asylum Dr · Weston, WV

About Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Built between 1858 and 1881, this former state hospital is one of the largest hand-cut stonemasonry buildings in the United States and a National Historic Landmark. Daytime heritage tours lead you through its first floor wards, and evening paranormal tours and ghost hunts explore the building after dark. Designed for 250 patients, it held about 2,600 in the 1950s before closing in 1994.

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