Photograph- Second Oldest Hospital in the United States, built 1799 as the Lancaster County Almshouse. Now the Lancaster Youth Services building, East King Street.
Photograph- Second Oldest Hospital in the United States, built 1799 as the Lancaster County Almshouse. Now the Lancaster Youth Services building, East King Street.
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Second Oldest Hospital in the United States, built 1799 as the Lancaster County Almshouse. Now the Lancaster Youth Services building, East King Street.
Mental Health Month Proclamation signing. Seated left to right: Frank S. Beal, Secretary of Public Welfare; Governor Milsto J. Shapp; Mrs. Nancy Thompson, Lancaster County Mental Health Association. Standing, left to right: Morgan L. West, Lancaster County Mental Health Association; Robert Haigh, acting deputy commissioner for mental health DPW; James Harris, MD, Deputy Secretary for Mental Helath, DPW; Mrs. Patricia McGrath, Central Pennsylvania Vice President, PA Mental Health, Inc.
Mental Health Month Proclamation signing. Seated left to right: Frank S. Beal, Secretary of Public Welfare; Governor Milsto J. Shapp; Mrs. Nancy Thompson, Lancaster County Mental Health Association. Standing, left to right: Morgan L. West, Lancaster County Mental Health Association; Robert Haigh, acting deputy commissioner for mental health DPW; James Harris, MD, Deputy Secretary for Mental Helath, DPW; Mrs. Patricia McGrath, Central Pennsylvania Vice President, PA Mental Health, Inc.
Dr. Washington Lemuel Atlee, born February 22, 1808, died September 7, 1878. Practiced medicine in Lancaster and Mount Joy. Later moved to Philadelphia where he became a prominent surgeon. Married Ann Eliza Hoff, a daughter of John Hoff, the clockmaker.