Harrisburg State Hospital

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aka Pennsylvania State Hospital

The first State mental hospital in Pennsylvania. Opened in 1851, a result of efforts by the noted humanitarian, Dorothea Lynde Dix, to improve this State's treatment of the mentally ill. The hospital is on the wooded hills east of this marker, overlooking the city.

The Harrisburg State Hospital was closed early in 2006. Government offices still occupy some of the buildings as the final disposition of the property is considered.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6474

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg_State_Hospital

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Coordinates: 40°17'6"N 76°52'26"W

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Nigel (guest)

Closed in 2005/6

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