Glenn Dale Hospital was a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1930s that was later used to treat the chronically ill. It closed down in the 1980s and is located in Maryland. The grounds are extremely large with 216 acres and contain both adult and children's buildings. Today, the grounds are abandoned and run down, heavily guarded by police to prevent trespassing. People still visit the grounds, however, and when I went there was a lot of graffiti. Many interesting artifacts have been discovered such as bacteriology lab slips and a patient ID card. It makes me wonder where that person on the ID card is now and what life must have been like for her.
The hospital is now owned by the Prince George's County government as described in this Washington Post article.
A park of over 200 acres is planned at the hospital site as well according to this website.
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