Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital

Cameron St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Dauphin.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 08, 1986. NRIS 86000057.

30 contributing buildings. 8 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Harrisburg State Hospital

From Wikipedia:

Harrisburg State Hospital

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 St. and Arsenal Blvd, and operated as a mental hospital until 2006.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995827

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