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The Retreat State Hospital was declining in patients and was closed in 1981 and planning for SCI-Retreat's conversion began. Similar conversions were made at Cresson Center (Now SCI-Cresson) and the former Waynesburg Youth Development Center (Was SCI-Waynesburg from 1985-2004). Retreat was the first correctional facility built since 1960.
Parts of Luzerne and Lycoming Counties; originally called Ontario County, renamed as Bradford County in 1812. William Bradford, second U.S. Attorney General: 59,695: 1,161 sq mi (3,007 km 2) Bucks County: 017: Doylestown: 1682: One of the original counties at the formation of Pennsylvania: The English county of Buckinghamshire: 645,984: 622 sq ...
On March 3, 2001, the Berks County Residential Center opened for use by INS for family immigration detention. [3] [5] [4] In January 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (PA DHS) issued notice that the licensing of the Berks County Residential Center to operate as a child detention facility is being revoked and will not be renewed.
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The Dominican Retreat House was at the time of its closing in 2006 the oldest retreat house for women in the United States. In February 2009, the Dominican Sisters sold the 42-acre property to the Land Conservancy of Elkins Park, PA, who intended to use the facility for group spiritual, health and wellness education retreats, and also as a ...
As the latter 19th century saw advancements in both medicine and psychiatry, Blockley's mission gradually embraced that of a more conventional public hospital. A nursing school was opened at the site in 1885 under the direction of Alice Fisher, replacing ad hoc patient nurses with a system of skilled nursing. In 1903, operations of the hospital ...
Feb. 6—Pullman residents have been discussing a transformative project to their downtown since 2019. ... bids from contractors were scheduled to be opened and presented to the public in the city ...
Location of Delaware County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...