Warren State Hospital | |
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Pennsylvania Department of Human Services | |
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Geography | |
Location | Conewango Township, north of Warren, Pennsylvania, United States |
Coordinates | 41°52′45″N 79°08′45″W / 41.8792°N 79.1458°W |
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 in Conewango Township near Warren, Pennsylvania, established in 1880. 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 2022, 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.