Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: The Kirkbride Hospital That Held 2,400 Patients Built for 250
About 4 min readBuilt in the 1850s as a humane, light-filled hospital for 250 patients, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia, grew into an overcrowded institution that operated for 130 years — and is now one of America’s most visited reportedly haunted buildings.