Haverford State Hospital
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The Haverford State Hospital is an abandoned mental hospital located in Philadelphia, but its former grounds cover northern sections of Philly's Mongomery County suburbs and even Haverford Township, Pennsylvania. It was constructed in 1964, and, except in parts of the 1970s, its patients enjoyed a bowling alley, private rooms, recreational activities, jobs within the hospital, some even being able to leave regularly. When it closed in 1998 due to a lawsuit using the Americans With Disabilities Act, its superintendent was Aidan Altenor. Most of the patients were then transferred to the Norristown State Hospital. Today, most of its extensive lands are used for annual Halloween "ghost walks".
