Woodville State Hospital

Dates:

Established - 1852

Closed - ?

Locations:

1st site - Collier Twp.

Also Known As:

Allegheny County Home

Hospital for Mental Diseases and Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Founder:

Sponsoring Agency:

Allegheny County Directors of the Poor

Notes:

Was a County Home until taken over by the state in 1941 and name was changed to Woodville State Hospital.

Merged with Mayview under County auspices in 1945 by state legislation.

Location of Records:

Pennsylvania State Archives, Record Group 23 - Dept. of Public Welfare, Woodville State Hospital (1900-1991)

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Hospitals)

Pittsburgh Photographic Library (Hospitals - 2)

1933 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1968 Directory of Health and Welfare Services

History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1889), p. 422

Lists and Indexes to the Legal, Court, and Municipal Records of Allegheny County, PA, Vol. 1, "Births and Deaths in the Allegheny County Home, 1885-1908", p. 55 **(rqF157 .A4 L5 1982)**