Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital | |
Location | Cameron St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°16′59″N 76°52′24″W / 40.28306°N 76.87333°W |
Area | 183 acres (74 ha) |
Built | 1851, 1935 |
Architect | John Haviland, John A. Dempwolf and Addison Hutton |
Architectural style | Classical Revival[2] |
NRHP reference No. | 86000057 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 8, 1986 |
Designated PHMC | October 7, 1987[3] |
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.