Haverford State Hospital
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The Haverford State Hospital was an abandoned mental hospital
outside of Philadelphia. Its extensive former grounds occupy the northern sections of Delaware County
west of the city of Philadelphia, in Haverford Township
.
The Hospital was constructed in 1964 as a state of the art hospital. Its patients enjoyed a bowling alley, private rooms, recreational activities, jobs within the hospital, some even being able to leave regularly. The entire complex consisted of 17 buildings, the largest being the Acute Intensive Care Center, named Hilltop (building 4). The facility also contained a boiler plant, garage, warehouse, administration building, recreation building, five extended treatment wards, two geriatric wards, and two kitchen buildings. At the time of its closure in 1998 its superintendent was Aidan Altenor. Its closure was due in part to a lawsuit using the Americans With Disabilities Act as well as the general deinstitutionalization of the state hospital system. When it closed most of the patients were then transferred to the Norristown State Hospital
. Its lands were used for a few years as a haunted hayride though in the years leading up to its demolition and redeveloplement this practice had ceased.
With the broken down mess of the hospital's past, the new development plans bring great change to the property's history of deer and weeds. According to the News of Delaware County, the grounds will be a highmark for Haverford township, recreation properties overlooking the I-476 (the blue route).
Mental Hospital
Mental hospital may refer to:*Psychiatric hospital*hospital in Nepal named Mental Hospital...
outside of Philadelphia. Its extensive former grounds occupy the northern sections of Delaware County
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 558,979, making it Pennsylvania's fifth most populous county, behind Philadelphia, Allegheny, Montgomery, and Bucks counties....
west of the city of Philadelphia, in Haverford Township
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Haverford Township is a home rule township in Delaware County, near Philadelphia, in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States. It maintains its legal name as the Township of Haverford, presumably for historic reasons...
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The Hospital was constructed in 1964 as a state of the art hospital. Its patients enjoyed a bowling alley, private rooms, recreational activities, jobs within the hospital, some even being able to leave regularly. The entire complex consisted of 17 buildings, the largest being the Acute Intensive Care Center, named Hilltop (building 4). The facility also contained a boiler plant, garage, warehouse, administration building, recreation building, five extended treatment wards, two geriatric wards, and two kitchen buildings. At the time of its closure in 1998 its superintendent was Aidan Altenor. Its closure was due in part to a lawsuit using the Americans With Disabilities Act as well as the general deinstitutionalization of the state hospital system. When it closed most of the patients were then transferred to the Norristown State Hospital
Norristown State Hospital
Norristown State Hospital, originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Norristown, is an active psychiatric hospital located outside the city of Philadelphia in Norristown, Pennsylvania...
. Its lands were used for a few years as a haunted hayride though in the years leading up to its demolition and redeveloplement this practice had ceased.
With the broken down mess of the hospital's past, the new development plans bring great change to the property's history of deer and weeds. According to the News of Delaware County, the grounds will be a highmark for Haverford township, recreation properties overlooking the I-476 (the blue route).