It appears that the web browser you are using is out of date. This website may not work the way that it was originally intended.
Please click here to download the latest version of your browser.
Picture 1

Portfolio: Government and Municipality


Norristown State Hospital

picture

thumbnail thumbnail thumbnail thumbnail thumbnail thumbnail thumbnail

Norristown State Hospital opened in 1880 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. The hospital was Pennsylvania's first state inpatient psychiatric facility and is now the only one in southeastern Pennsylvania. The hospital was built in the "cottage model" of Asylum architecture with a number of separate structures. The hospital advocated moral therapy and limited restraint. In the mid twentieth century, there were over 4000 patients. The hospital now serves patients in General Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry.