Warren State Hospital

Hospital in Pennsylvania, United States

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.

## See also

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* Jamestown Community College
* List of hospitals in Pennsylvania

## References

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1. ^ "Warren State Hospital". Kirkbride Buildings. January 14, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
2. ^ "Warren State Hospital". Department of Human Services: Pennsylvania. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

### Further reading

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

## External links

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* Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-6014, "Warren State Hospital Farm, Colony Building, State Route 62, North Warren, Warren County, PA", 18 photos, 17 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

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The Kirkbride Plan

People|

| Physicians|

Thomas Story Kirkbride

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Advocates|

Dorothea Dix

Architects|

* Samuel Sloan
* Elbridge Boyden
* Nathaniel Bradlee
* John G. Haskell
* Levi Scofield
* Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
* Richard Snowden Andrews

Notable buildings|

| Northeast|

* New Jersey State Hospital
* Harrisburg State Hospital
* Taunton State Hospital
* Northampton State Hospital
* Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital
* Dixmont State Hospital
* Hudson River State Hospital
* Danville State Hospital
* Buffalo State Hospital
* Warren State Hospital
* Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
* Worcester State Hospital
* Danvers State Hospital

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Mid-Atlantic|

* St. Elizabeths Hospital
* Central State Hospital (Virginia)
* Spring Grove Hospital Center

Midwest|

* Central State Hospital (Indiana)
* Jacksonville State Hospital
* Dayton State Hospital
* Wisconsin State Hospital
* Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital
* Mount Pleasant State Hospital
* St. Peter State Hospital
* Anna State Hospital
* Elgin State Hospital
* Osawatomie State Hospital
* Topeka State Hospital
* Winnebago State Hospital
* Independence State Hospital
* Athens Lunatic Asylum
* Columbus State Hospital
* Eastern Michigan Asylum for the Insane
* Kankakee State Hospital
* Clarinda State Hospital
* Northern Michigan Asylum
* Nevada State Hospital
* Cherokee Mental Health Institute
* Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center

South|

* Western State Hospital
* Jackson State Hospital
* Austin State Hospital
* Bryce Hospital
* Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
* Central State Hospital (Kentucky)
* Broughton Hospital
* Arkansas State Hospital
* Terrell State Hospital

West Coast|

* Agnews State Hospital
* Eastern Oregon State Hospital
* Eastern Washington State Hospital
* Mendocino State Hospital
* Napa State Hospital
* Oregon State Hospital
* Patton State Hospital

Outside the U.S.|

* Nova Scotia Hospital
* Callan Park Hospital for the Insane

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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