Yorktown Memorial Hospital is a former hospital in Yorktown, Texas, United States. The extant abandoned hospital was later opened to tour groups.
Yorktown Memorial Hospital is a former hospital in Yorktown, Texas, United States. The extant abandoned hospital was later opened to tour groups.
Yorktown Memorial Hospital opened in 1951, at a cost of approximately $500,000. [1] It was operated by the Felician Sisters, an order of Catholic nuns. [2] The 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) hospital had administration offices, and two two-story wings containing hospital rooms, a chapel, and a basement. [3]
The hospital closed in 1986, and then reopened as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, which closed in the 1990s. [2]
A private owner purchased the property, and offered tours. [2] The building was featured on the television show Ghost Adventures . [2] In 2018, the city of Yorktown cited the owner with building code violations, and tours were discontinued. [4]
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