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|Body= In 1903 the city of Philadelphia purchased farmland in it's northeast section, [[Philadelphia State Hospital|known as "Byberry"]], for its city-run farm called "Byberry Farms", which supplied food for public institutions. Shortly after the purchase of the land, six inmates from the overcrowded Blockley Almshouse were chosen to work at the farms. By 1906, Byberry Farms consisted of several small wooden buildings built as temporary dormitories by the growing patient population, housing approximately thirty patients who had been moved from the heavily overcrowded Blockley.  
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|Body= [[Columbus State Hospital|This tract fronted south on what is now East Broad street]], and the western boundary was near what is now Washington avenue. During the next three years they erected a building on these grounds, at a cost of about sixty-one thousand ($61,000) dollars. The institution accommodated one hundred and twenty patients, and was the first institution for the treatment of the insane organized west of the Alleghenies. On May 21, 1838, William M. Awl, M. D., of Columbus, was elected Medical Superintendent by the Trustees, and the first patient was received on November 30 of that year.  
 
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Featured Image Of The Week

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This tract fronted south on what is now East Broad street, and the western boundary was near what is now Washington avenue. During the next three years they erected a building on these grounds, at a cost of about sixty-one thousand ($61,000) dollars. The institution accommodated one hundred and twenty patients, and was the first institution for the treatment of the insane organized west of the Alleghenies. On May 21, 1838, William M. Awl, M. D., of Columbus, was elected Medical Superintendent by the Trustees, and the first patient was received on November 30 of that year.