The Connecticut Valley Hospital Opened in 1868 under the name General Hospital for the Insane of the State of Connecticut. The name was changed in 1874 to the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, and finally in 1961 to Connecticut Valley Hospital. In the late nineteenth century the hospital became overcrowded, something that was common in…

Image courtesy of findagrave.com About The Wernersville State Hospital began in 1891 as the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane. By 1893, it held one hundred men and thirty women, all transferred from other state hospitals. The institution originated as a long-term care facility for those deemed non-violent but still in need of care, possibly…

Image courtesy of findagrave.com About The Eastern State Hospital for the Insane was established in 1917 and opened in 1929. The school initially only admitted men, but later in the 1940s, women were also accommodated. The facility was renamed the Selinsgrove State Colony for Epileptics and, in 1954, became the Selinsgrove State School and Hospital.…

About Founded in 1868 (with its first patient arriving in 1872) as the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville, this state hospital remains in operation. It was originally constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. Its campus and population grew rapidly, peaking in the 1950s at about 2800. Since then, efforts to reduce its population and…

About Established as the State Hospital for Insane, Warren State Hospital admitted its first residents in 1880. By 1893, it was over capacity by at least 250 people. The hospital was established under the Kirkbride style of architecture and treatment, with an emphasis on on-site food cultivation. Its population peaked in the mid-twentieth century at about…