The story
A haunted asylum named for reformer Dorothea Dix, where demolition for a Walmart caused landslides that shut down highways.
Everything that was here
- 1862–1984
Dixmont State HospitalHospital
A haunted asylum named for reformer Dorothea Dix, where demolition for a Walmart caused landslides that shut down highways.
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Connected places
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Washington, DC
Dorothea Dix
Rose Island Amusement Park
Charlestown, IN
Ohio River
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Nearby history
Three Rivers Stadium
100 Art Rooney Avenue · 11.4 km away
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal
400 Liberty Avenue · 12.2 km away
The Original Oyster House
20 Market Square · 12.5 km away
Oysters cost a penny and beer a dime when this bar opened in 1870. Its Market Square site had been the Bear Tavern since
Jenkins Arcade
425 Penn Avenue · 12.5 km away
Froggy's
100 Market Street · 12.6 km away
Stanley Theatre (Benedum Center)
237 7th Street · 12.7 km away
Bob Marley played his last live concert in 1980 in this 1928 movie palace, back when it was the Stanley Theatre.
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