Psychiatric hospital's homes

dogg57

Piney
Jan 22, 2007
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southjerseyphotos.com
Imagine if Mayberry had a psychiatric hospital. Or if a psychiatric hospital had a Mayberry.
That's how the "Ancora kids" think of the unusual company town in Camden County they once called home.
In 1955, New Jersey built about 100 single-family rental homes for patient-care, clerical, maintenance, and other workers at its new Ancora Psychiatric Hospital near the facility's main entrance on Spring Garden Road in Winslow Township.

http://www.philly.com/philly/column...homes_are_gone__but_the_memories_live_on.html
 

Pine Baron

Explorer
Feb 23, 2008
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Sandy Run
Interesting to read a bit of the history of this area. Thanx for posting. I remember the houses were abandoned, but still standing when we moved to Winslow. The place always seemed a little eerie.

John-
 
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