Warren State Hospital

Warren State Hospital
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Hospital pictured in 1886
Geography
Location	North Warren, Conewango Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	41°52′45″N 79°08′45″W / 41.8792°N 79.1458°W / 41.8792; -79.1458
Organization
Care system	Public
Services
History
Opened	1880
Links
Website	Warren State Hospital
Lists	Hospitals in Pennsylvania

Warren State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital established in 1880 in North Warren, Conewango Township near Warren, Pennsylvania. The original hospital was designed by John McArthur Jr. and constructed under the Kirkbride Plan.^[1] Its population peaked at 2,562 residents in 1947. As of 2024, the hospital is still active.^[2]

Residents included Nictzin Dyalhis’s first wife and Joe Root. Known staff included Penny Colman’s father and Philipp Schwartz as well as Dr. Hanus Jiri Grosz, a Czech-born psychiatrist who went on to pioneer the use of group therapy in the U.S.

• Jamestown Community College
• List of hospitals in Pennsylvania

• Yanni, Carla (2007). The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States. Minnesota University Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-4940-2.

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