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Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital

Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Harrisburg State Hospital, formerly known from 1851 to 1937 as Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was Pennsylvania's first public facility to house the mentally ill and disabled. Its campus is located on Cameron and Maclay Streets, and operated as a mental hospital until 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: NRHP
• date from: 1851

Source: en.wikipedia.org