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| Completed in 1905 and 1908, the convalescent
buildings with their large copper cupolas are the work of the York,
PA architect John Dempwolf. At the corner of the buildings were
large "turrets" which provided extra air and sunlight for the large
dayrooms upon which they opened. Each building also had an amusement
room on the first floor and a "rain bath" on the second floor. The
patient rooms were approximately 8 1/2 by 15 feet in size and were
designed for no more than two patients. Each room had separate
ventilation and heating ducts. A pantry was located in the basement
near the entrance to the tunnel system. Food was brought through the
tunnels from the central kitchen and a dumb waiter
was used to take the food to the first and second floor serving
rooms. The female building had several unique
features not found in the male building. One was an elevator that
connected to an underground
tunnel that lead from the building down the hill to the morgue.
Another was a library
that at one time contained 8,856 books and 31,669 magazines. In 1999, while
the hospital was still in operation, the male convalescent building
(building #22) was used for the set of the movie "Girl,
Interrupted" staring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. |
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