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Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital

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Harrisburg State Hospital
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About Pennsylvania State Lunatic 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. Its campus is located on Cameron St. and Arsenal Blvd, and operated as a mental hospital until 2006.

On the show · 3 mentions total

In the 19th century you could be committed to the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital for novel reading, and other recorded reasons for admission included being kicked in the head by a horse and bad whiskey.

from Little Fish: Gary Scrabble · read transcript

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Coordinates: 40.2831, -76.8733

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