Dixmont State Hospital

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Dixmont State Hospital (originally the Department of the Insane in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital of Pittsburgh[1]) was a hospital located south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Construction Began in 1859, and Opened in 1862 and was in fact not named in honour of Dorothea Dix but Dix allowed the name only as a memory to her grandfather. It closed in 1984. Time and many fires (one that completely gutted the Administration Building) had left the crumbling building useless, and demolition began 2005. Walmart has bought the land, and plan to build on it. [2].

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  1. ^ Brief History Of Dixmont. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
  2. ^ Dixmont State Hospital. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.


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