Dedicated
to
Harrisburg
State
Hospital in
Harrisburg,
PA, City on
the Hill
features an
extensive
collection
of
information
and photos
of
Pennsylvania's
first public
hospital for
the insane.
A large
section of
the website
is dedicated
to the
hospital's
first
building, a
large
Kirkbride
style
building,
built in
1848.
Dedicated
to Danville
State
Hospital in
Danville,
PA. Danville
was the
third public
institution
for the
insane in
Pennsylvania.
The website
features a
large
selection of
present day
photos, as
well as
vintage
photos and
postcards
and a
detailed
history of
the
hospital.
Information
and photos
of Kirkbride
plan state
hospitals.
The
turn of the
twentieth
century was
a time of
great
industrial
expansion
for the
United
States. The
then small
town of
Hanover,
Pennsylvania
was home to
a thriving
shoe
industry.
Out of all
the shoe
manufactures
in York
County, one
grew to be
the largest
and most
successful,
the Hanover
Shoe
Company.
This website
is dedicated
to a once
great
company that
helped to
shape and
build an
entire town.