Agnew Hospital
Dixmont State Hospital was a hospital located northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1862, Dixmont was once a state-of-the-art institution known for its highly self-sufficient and park-like campus, but a decline in funding for state hospitals and changing philosophies in psychiatric care caused the hospital to be closed in 1984.
- Hospital
- …lies at an elevation of 899 feet (274 metres)
- Description: former hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as“Department of the Insane in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital of Pittsburgh”“Dixmont State Hospital”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Dixmont State Hospital Cemetery and Neville Island Bridge.
Neville Island Bridge
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1¼ miles west of Agnew Hospital
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Nebo and Coraopolis.
Mount Nebo
Village
Mount Nebo is an unincorporated community in Allegheny County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
2½ miles north of Agnew Hospital
Agnew Hospital
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Latitude
40.5159° or 40° 30′ 57″ north
Longitude
-80.11228° or 80° 6′ 44″ west
Open location code
86GXGV8Q+93
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Agnew Hospital” goes by many names.
Dixmont State HospitalDutch
Dixmont State HospitalItalian
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