page_title: Western Center
hierarchical_section_title: Western Center
caption_attribution_description: English: A crop of a Pictorial map of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania from 1897 showing Western State School and Hospital
context_page_description: Western State School and Hospital, later known as Western Center, was a state-run mental hospital and reform school near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It is best known as an institution serving people with intellectual disabilities. At various times during its existence, it was also known as the Pennsylvania Reform School, Youth Development Center of Canonsburg and The House of Refuge. Locally, it was called Morganza. It was a well-known part of the Canonsburg community, appearing as a stop on tours during community festivals.
  The exterior of Western Center's administration building was used as the setting for Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where Hannibal Lecter was incarcerated, in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.
context_section_description: Western State School and Hospital, later known as Western Center, was a state-run mental hospital and reform school near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.  It is best known as an institution serving people with intellectual disabilities.  At various times during its existence, it was also known as the Pennsylvania Reform School, Youth Development Center of Canonsburg and The House of Refuge.  Locally, it was called Morganza.  It was a well-known part of the Canonsburg community, appearing as a stop on tours during community festivals.
  The exterior of Western Center's administration building was used as the setting for Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where Hannibal Lecter was incarcerated, in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.
caption: A view of The Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza in 1897.[1]
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