Former psychiatric hospital in East Falls up for sale

The former Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute property in the East Falls section of Philadelphia is up for sale, State General Services Secretary Sheri Phillips said.

The property, on Henry Avenue near Route 1, consists of nearly 14 acres of land and several large multistory buildings.

The institute, known as EPPI, was authorized in 1949 and operated as part of the state hospital system until 1981, when its operations were turned over to the Medical College of Pennsylvania, the state said.

It closed in 2006, and in 2008 was leased to the City of Philadelphia to house Youth Study Center until a replacement was completed in West Philadelphia. - Harold Brubaker