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.Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
- Type: Government office
- Description: former hospital in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “DGS Annex Complex (Formerly Harrisburg State Hospital)”
- Address: 4 Cherry Road
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harrisburg Military Post and Pennsylvania National Fire Museum.
Harrisburg Military Post
Fort
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The Harrisburg Military Post is an historic National Guard armory complex and national historic district which is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Military Post is situated 1,600 feet south of Harrisburg State Hospital.
Pennsylvania National Fire Museum
Museum
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The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum is a museum devoted to fire fighter heritage in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The museum has a collection of artifacts from the hand-drawn equipment, vintage fire apparatus, pictures, and information about the history of fire fighting in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States. Pennsylvania National Fire Museum is situated 1 mile southwest of Harrisburg State Hospital.
William Donaldson House
Historic building
The William Donaldson House is an historic, American home that is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. William Donaldson House is situated 1 mile southwest of Harrisburg State Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Curtin and Capitol Heights.
Camp Curtin
Neighborhood
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Camp Curtin is a historic neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's northern end, located in Uptown and named for the American Civil War camp of the same name.
Capitol Heights
Neighborhood
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Capitol Heights is a community of over 300 townhouse and single-family duplexes in the Midtown neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Most of the new homes are located east of Third between Kelker and Reily and along Fulton, 4th and 5th street.
Midtown
Suburb
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Midtown is a neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its zip code is 17102. The Midtown neighborhood is delineated by Forster Street to the south, Maclay Street to the north, 7th Street to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west.
Harrisburg State Hospital
- Categories: hospital, former hospital, office, and government building
- Location: Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.2845° or 40° 17′ 4″ northLongitude
-76.87562° or 76° 52′ 32″ westElevation
410 feet (125 metres)Open location code
87G574MF+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 357369122OpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata ID
Q5665293
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Harrisburg State Hospital” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈里斯堡州立医院”
- Dutch: “Harrisburg State Hospital”
- French: “Harrisburg State Hospital”
- German: “Harrisburg State Hospital”
- Italian: “Harrisburg State Hospital”
- Spanish: “Harrisburg State Hospital”
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