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*'''Jacob Moyer'''- who owned a two story stone farmhouse on the site. This lot was purchased by the Commonwealth in 1895, as an expansion to the hospital property.
 
*'''Jacob Moyer'''- who owned a two story stone farmhouse on the site. This lot was purchased by the Commonwealth in 1895, as an expansion to the hospital property.
 
*'''Frederick A. Poth'''- his property reportedly was a large two story house and store, which was sold in 1907 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It still currently stands on Whitehall Road, albeit abandoned and boarded up. While the state hospital was active, a resident farmer lived here, who assisted with the care of the grounds.
 
*'''Frederick A. Poth'''- his property reportedly was a large two story house and store, which was sold in 1907 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It still currently stands on Whitehall Road, albeit abandoned and boarded up. While the state hospital was active, a resident farmer lived here, who assisted with the care of the grounds.
*'''Daniel Yost '''- who owned this two story house and grist mill. This house, at 660 West Germantown Pike was purchased by the Commonwealth in 1918. While the state hospital was active a resident farmer also lived here, until the mid-1970's. The house was torn down in 2012 to expand Germantown Pike.
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*'''Daniel Yost '''- who owned this two story house and grist mill. This house, at 660 West Germantown Pike was purchased by the Commonwealth in 1918. While the state hospital was active a resident farmer also lived here, until the mid-1970's. The house was torn down in 2012 to expand Germantown Ave.
  
 
Work began on the administration building on March, 21, 1878. $600,000 was secured by the legislature of the commonwealth for this project and the construction of the seven original wards. This year can be found engraved at the top of the tower on the Administration Building at Norristown (Building #19), at the front of the hospital complex. The design for the original 1880 complex came from Philadelphia based Wilson Brothers & Company, also known for their design of Drexel University and Reading Terminal. Upon the primary structure's completion on February 17, 1879 there were only two other state-owned hospitals operating, one in Danville, which opened in 1872, and one in Harrisburg, that opened in 1851. At the time, other plans were underway to construct another at Warren. Norristown was built to alleviate the overcrowding in the psychiatric wards of the [[Philadelphia Almshouse]], as well as private hospitals, such as [[Friends Hospital]] and the [[Pennsylvania Hospital]]. At its opening, the hospital was turned over to the Board of Trustees  with its thirteen members for operation, which still controls and oversees the welfare of the physical hospital and it's operation. From its opening, the hospital was opened to both sexes, albeit segregated, and continued to be divided into independent male and female departments until 1923. In 1924, when the asylum was serving nearly three thousand patients, the hospital was reorganized under a single superintendent.  
 
Work began on the administration building on March, 21, 1878. $600,000 was secured by the legislature of the commonwealth for this project and the construction of the seven original wards. This year can be found engraved at the top of the tower on the Administration Building at Norristown (Building #19), at the front of the hospital complex. The design for the original 1880 complex came from Philadelphia based Wilson Brothers & Company, also known for their design of Drexel University and Reading Terminal. Upon the primary structure's completion on February 17, 1879 there were only two other state-owned hospitals operating, one in Danville, which opened in 1872, and one in Harrisburg, that opened in 1851. At the time, other plans were underway to construct another at Warren. Norristown was built to alleviate the overcrowding in the psychiatric wards of the [[Philadelphia Almshouse]], as well as private hospitals, such as [[Friends Hospital]] and the [[Pennsylvania Hospital]]. At its opening, the hospital was turned over to the Board of Trustees  with its thirteen members for operation, which still controls and oversees the welfare of the physical hospital and it's operation. From its opening, the hospital was opened to both sexes, albeit segregated, and continued to be divided into independent male and female departments until 1923. In 1924, when the asylum was serving nearly three thousand patients, the hospital was reorganized under a single superintendent.  

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