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Scranton State Hospital was a 176 bed facility in Scranton, PA. It was demolished in 1991 to make room to build the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center.

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-|Body= [[Dorothea Dix Hospital|Dorothea Dix]] had refused to let the projected hospital be named after her, as many felt it should be. She agreed to have the site named "Dix Hill" after her grandfather, Doctor Elijah Dix. Since then the hospital has been known in the Raleigh area as "Dix Hill". Dorothea sent bibles, prayer books and pictures for the patients after the asylum opened. In 1870 she sent the asylum, at the request of the Board, an oil portrait of herself. Today the portrait is still housed on hospital property.
+|Body= [[Scranton State Hospital]] was a 176 bed facility in Scranton, PA. It was demolished in 1991 to make room to build the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center.
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