If only the walls of abandoned places could talk, can you imagine the stories they would tell? Pittsburgh, and the surrounding area, lay claim to a fair share of abandoned places. Schools. Churches. A stretch of turnpike. This abandoned hospital near Pittsburgh also has its own story to tell.

The former Brownsville General Hospital sits abandoned less than an hour from downtown Pittsburgh.
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Construction on the hospital began in 1908, in an attempt to fill a desperate need in the Brownsville community.
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Until that point, residents had to travel more than 30 miles to McKeesport or another town for hospital care.
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Travel in those days primarily consisted of taking a train or a boat, which meant a seriously sick individual faced a potentially rough journey to the hospital.
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The community held fundraisers to help build the hospital. Although construction did not end until 1916, the hospital began admitting patients two years before that.
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Brownsville General Hospital began a growth spurt. It added a surgical unit and a nurse's home. An additional third floor was built in the early 1940's.
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All that growth left the hospital in quite a predicament by the early 1960's. The hospital found itself at near capacity.
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A new hospital opened in 1965. The old Brownsville Hospital found a new owner and reopened as the Golden Age Nursing Home.
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Stories of abuse and neglect of residents plagued the Golden Age Nursing Home, spurring a federal investigation in the early 1980's.
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The Golden Age Nursing Home permanently shut down in 1985.
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