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|Body= Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry (PSH) was a psychiatric hospital in northeast Philadelphia, first city and later state-operated. During its tenure as a psychiatric hospital, it was known by several names- Philadelphia State Hospital, Byberry State Hospital, Byberry City Farms, and the Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases. However, most of the local population referred to it simply as "Byberry." Like many state facilities of the period, it was designated to care for individuals with various cognitive and psychiatric conditions, ranging from intellectual disabilities to forensic pathologies. It was operational on a large, sprawling campus within the Somerton neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Byberry stood in operation from 1903 until 1990, when it became nationally infamous for patient abuse, warehousing of human beings, and extreme neglect exhibited towards its many residents. At its zenith in the late 1960s, it was the largest state hospital in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with a clinical population of over seven thousand psychiatric patients. Today, much of the physical site of the former state hospital has been demolished, and the land has been sold off to local redevelopers, who have transformed much of the campus into a residential community for seniors. Many of the former patients were discharged to local boarding homes, community rehabilitative residences (CRR), long-term structure residences (LTSR), community living arrangements (CLA), and outpatient community clinics (BSUs). Acute patients from Byberry were transferred to other state psychiatric facilities, such as those at Norristown State Hospital and Haverford State Hospital. However, many of those discharged patients had no disposition at release.  [[Philadelphia State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
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|Body= With the state's population increasing, the need for another hospital became evident. In 1887, the legislature appropriated $75,000 for a "state asylum for the incurably insane" to be located at Hastings if the city donated 160 acres of land. The citizens of Hastings purchased 160 acres one mile west of the city limits. The land area was eventually increased to 630 acres. Patients were first received at the hospital on August 1, 1889, when forty-four were transferred from Lincoln. Melvin Meals was assigned Number One and remained a patient until he died in 1895. Through 1916, 4,115 patients had been received. In December 1916, there were 1,152 inmates, 405 women and 747 men.
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Charles C Rittenhouse, Hastings architect, drew the plans for the building, a three-story brick with a tall central tower. In 1891, the north and south wings were added to the original building, and in 1902 the North Annex was erected. In 1904 an amusement hall was built where dances and entertainments were held for patients. During this period, the farm cottage and two greenhouses were built. 1914, a large dairy barn was built, and a herd of Holstein cows was milked daily. A medical-surgical building was erected in 1926, and in 1938, a psychiatric hospital was built. In 1957, the All Faiths Chapel was built with funds from thousands of donors.  [[Hastings State Hospital Nebraska|Click here for more...]]
 
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Featured Article Of The Week

Hastings State Hospital Nebraska


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With the state's population increasing, the need for another hospital became evident. In 1887, the legislature appropriated $75,000 for a "state asylum for the incurably insane" to be located at Hastings if the city donated 160 acres of land. The citizens of Hastings purchased 160 acres one mile west of the city limits. The land area was eventually increased to 630 acres. Patients were first received at the hospital on August 1, 1889, when forty-four were transferred from Lincoln. Melvin Meals was assigned Number One and remained a patient until he died in 1895. Through 1916, 4,115 patients had been received. In December 1916, there were 1,152 inmates, 405 women and 747 men.

Charles C Rittenhouse, Hastings architect, drew the plans for the building, a three-story brick with a tall central tower. In 1891, the north and south wings were added to the original building, and in 1902 the North Annex was erected. In 1904 an amusement hall was built where dances and entertainments were held for patients. During this period, the farm cottage and two greenhouses were built. 1914, a large dairy barn was built, and a herd of Holstein cows was milked daily. A medical-surgical building was erected in 1926, and in 1938, a psychiatric hospital was built. In 1957, the All Faiths Chapel was built with funds from thousands of donors. Click here for more...

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