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Instead of ‘ghosts,’ residents want housing at this former tuberculosis sanatorium

by Kendra BishopApril 17, 2019
In the News
It opened in 1934 as a tuberculosis sanatorium for patients who could not be treated in the District’s crowded hospitals. It next became a nursing home for the chronically ill, which closed in 1981. Since then, Glenn Dale Hospital in Prince George’s County has been…
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More Development Studies Needed on Glenn Dale Hospital Site

by Kendra BishopMarch 14, 2019
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Following a 2018 feasibility study to potentially re-purpose Glenn Dale Hospital site, exercises are set to take place to find newer reuse plans outside of the county’s desire to make the area into a retirement community. The hospital opened as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1934.…
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Debate begins anew over use of Glenn Dale Hospital site

by Kendra BishopMay 15, 2018
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A study to determine the feasibility of building a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) on the site of the long-closed Glenn Dale Hospital suggests that such a move is financially impractical.   The findings were first announced last week at a packed community meeting at…
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Developer to decide if makeover for Glenn Dale Hospital site is feasible

by Kendra BishopMarch 1, 2017
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For decades, local government officials and Glenn Dale residents have wondered if the site of the long-abandoned Glenn Dale Hospital would ever be improved.   Now, a Wisconsin-based development company will try to determine if it’s worth taking a crack at it.   The Maryland-National…
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Six-to-Fix Update: Alexander Company selected for Glenn Dale Hospital Feasibility Study

by Kendra BishopFebruary 16, 2017
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Thanks to Preservation Maryland’s involvement, active efforts to breathe new life in to the long vacant Glenn Dale Hospital in Prince George’s County have taken a major step forward with the selection of a qualified team to complete a redevelopment feasibility study; The Alexander Company.   As part…
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Is this the time for Glenn Dale Hospital remake? This Prince George's official thinks so.

by Kendra BishopFebruary 16, 2017
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The dilapidated Glenn Dale Hospital campus in Prince George’s County has sat vacant for more than three decades despite repeated efforts going as far back as the 1980s to find a new use for it.   It’s not surprising, then, that supporters of revitalizing the…
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Team picked to redevelop Prince George's County's shuttered Glenn Dale Hospital

by Kendra BishopFebruary 16, 2017
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A Wisconsin-based developer has been picked to exorcise the ghosts at the reputedly haunted Glenn Dale Hospital in Prince George’s County, or at least breathe new life into the vacant 60-acre campus shuttered more than three decades ago.   The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning…
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A haunted past not enough to deter interest in former Glenn Dale Hospital

by Kendra BishopOctober 17, 2016
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The restless spirits many believe still linger at the former Glenn Dale Hospital in Prince George’s County might want to clear out, or at least prepare for company.   That’s because two developers have expressed interest in converting the historic former hospital by Annapolis and…
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Prince George's wants to redevelop hospital site. The haunted one.

by Kendra BishopMarch 21, 2016
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It’s a former sanatorium. It’s been shuttered for three decades, its historic buildings left to decay. And it’s a ghost hunter’s delight.   Welcome home!   Prince George’s County has launched yet another effort — at least the third — to convert the historic Glenn Dale…
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Glenn Dale Hospital: Pressing Play on a Stalled Project

by Kendra BishopFebruary 12, 2016
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Situated on a wooded campus of over 200 acres in Prince George’s County, the majority of the two dozen Georgian Revival buildings of the Glenn Dale Tuberculosis Hospital and Sanatorium date from the 1930s. Once the area’s largest employer, Glenn Dale hospital was closed in…
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