Austin State Hospital

A few dozen markers are visible from the street. There's a chain-link fence on all sides and a sign outside a wrought iron gate that reads: Austin State Hospital Cemetery.

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State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, on Thursday proposed creating an "MD Anderson of the brain" on the site of the troubled Austin State Hospital, a…

Austin is home to one of the first mental health care facilities in Texas, but state lawmakers are considering selling the property and relocating the…

State leaders are considering selling the Austin State Hospital, a historic facility near Hyde Park, but residents are divided over the future of the…