Lackawanna
County, Pennsylvania, USGenWeb
63rd Annual Report, Scranton Poor
District, 1924
The Pennsylvania State Department of Public Welfare site previously
provided a brief history of Clarks Summit State Hospital, which
included the following information:
"Clarks Summit State Hospital originated in 1862 when citizens of
Providence Township developed a poor farm. As the years passed, the
mentally ill were also provided care at the facility. At a later date,
the responsibility for the operation of the poor farm was assumed by
the City of Scranton, the Borough of Dunmore, and eventually Lackawanna
County. By the early 1940's, the Hillside Home and Hillside Hospital
were operational in the buildings currently named Abington Hall and
Newton Hall. The name was changed from Hillside Home and Hospital to
Clarks Summit State Hospital on Oct. 1, 1943, when the Department of
Public Welfare assumed the responsibility to operate and manage state
mental hospitals."
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Manual: Scranton Poor
District, 1895
Scanned and contributed by: Susan White
Pieroth October 2020
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