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It was located in the Somerton section of the city on the border with Bucks County. The name of the institution was changed several times during its history, being variously named Philadelphia State Hospital, Byberry State Hospital, Byberry City Farms, and the Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases. It was home to people ranging from the ...
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By 1854, the City of Philadelphia annexed Byberry Township and in the late 19th century, Byberry Hospital was built. The hospital became the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry in 1906. When the hospital finally closed in the 1990s, its site to the east of Roosevelt Boulevard was divided into two major sections for use as an industrial park ...
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Byberry is a neighborhood in the far northeast section of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Originally it was incorporated as the Township of Byberry and was the northeasternmost municipality of Philadelphia County before the City and County were consolidated in 1854 .
Scranton State General Hospital Closed by state in 1988 due to no merger partner found for divesture; Shamokin State General Hospital Divested from state in 1992, renamed Shamokin Area Community Hospital. As of 2012, renamed Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital, A campus of Geisinger Medical Center. The hospital is maintained as part of ...
Byberry Hall July 19, 2014: 3003 Byberry Rd., Philadelphia: Roadside African American, Government and Politics 19th Century, Underground Railroad Northeast Philadelphia C. DeLores Tucker (1927-2005) July 22, 2006: 6700 Lincoln Dr., Phila.
View history; General ... Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry; T. Torrance State Hospital; W. Wernersville State Hospital; Western Center This page ...