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|Image= Farview Cont 01.jpg
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|Body= Founded in 1853 by Baltimore merchant Moses Sheppard, after a visit by mental health rights advocate and social reformer Dorothea Lynde Dix, the hospital was originally called the [[Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital|Sheppard Asylum.]] The original buildings were designed by the famous architect Calvert Vaux and constructed on what had previously been a 340 acre farm. The cornerstone of the original building was laid in spring of 1862.
|Body= This state hospital was built to house criminally insane men. As of 2008 [[Farview State Hospital]] is owned by the PA Dept of Corrections and is known as the State Correctional Institution at Waymart.
 
Pressed into operation ahead of schedule following the Camp Hill riot, the joint on-site operation of a state prison and state mental health facility was unique. In October 1995, Farview State Hospital was transferred from the Department of Public Welfare to the Department of Corrections.
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Featured Image Of The Week

This state hospital was built to house criminally insane men. As of 2008 Farview State Hospital is owned by the PA Dept of Corrections and is known as the State Correctional Institution at Waymart. Pressed into operation ahead of schedule following the Camp Hill riot, the joint on-site operation of a state prison and state mental health facility was unique. In October 1995, Farview State Hospital was transferred from the Department of Public Welfare to the Department of Corrections.
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