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Designated PHLF. 1970 [ 2] Dixmont State Hospital (originally the Department of the Insane in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital of Pittsburgh[ 3]) 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 ...
Mayview State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital, originally known as Marshalsea Poor Farm, located in South Fayette Township near Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. It spanned 335 acres (136 ha) and had 39 buildings, 12 of which were used for patient care and hospital administration. It had a staff count of approximately 502 as of August 2007, and an ...
State Correctional Institution – Pittsburgh. / 40.47028°N 80.04111°W / 40.47028; -80.04111. Low-Security, Medium-Security at its closing. However for many years it was Maximum security. Jordan Correction (historically known as the " Western Penitentiary ," "Western Pen," and "The Wall") was a low-to-medium security correctional ...
Pennhurst State School and Hospital. / 40.193717; -75.560162. Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic was a state-run institution for mentally and physically disabled individuals of Southeastern Pennsylvania located in Spring City. [ 4]
UPMC Shadyside seen in 2007. / 40.454638; -79.940056. UPMC Shadyside is a nationally ranked, 520-bed non-profit, tertiary, teaching hospital located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. UPMC Shadyside is a part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and grouped in with the flagship UPMC Presbyterian.
Western Center. / 40.27436; -80.16642. A view of The Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza in 1897. [ 1] Western State School and Hospital, later known as Western Center, was a state-run mental hospital and reform school near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It is best known as an institution serving people with intellectual disabilities.
The 2009 grand opening The stage. The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a U.S. nonprofit arts organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that presents performing and visual arts programs that celebrate the contributions of African Americans not only in Western Pennsylvania, but nationally and internationally.
Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny. / 40.45306°N 80.00528°W / 40.45306; -80.00528. The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny is situated in the Allegheny Center neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was commissioned in 1886, the first Carnegie library to be commissioned in the United States. Donated to the public by entrepreneur ...