Funding Government hospital Helipad No Established 1912 | Patron None Founded 1912 | |
Location Cresson, Pennsylvania, United States Hospital type State Mental Health Hospital | ||
Lawrence Frick State Hospital was a state mental health hospital near Cresson, Pennsylvania that had several different names and uses before becoming defunct and converted into a prison in the 1980s.
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Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium (1916–1964)
The facility was used at first as a treatment center for tuberculosis patients as the mountain air was supposedly good for treatment. Construction on the facility started in 1912 and took four years to complete. The land on which this facility sat was donated by steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie.
Current Day and Preservation (1987-Present)
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