Demolition of the administration building at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison is still on tap but work is delayed while officials determine what’s best to take its place.

The 93-year-old building that abuts the hospital along Carlisle Street was scheduled to be torn down just before the covid-19 pandemic hit.

“We were and still are weighing options for what will go in its place to best serve the community,” said JoAnne Clobus, strategic communications advisor for Allegheny Health Network.

Renovations to the aging building would be cost-prohibitive, leaders believe.

Originally constructed to house the hospital’s nursing school, the building was most recently used for offices but is without an elevator or central air conditioning.

Landlocked and out of space, the property is virtually the only viable option for hospital growth on the same campus.

Clobus said hospital leaders remain in the planning stage but could have details to share in coming months.

The 188-bed hospital will soon mark its 113th year serving the Alle-Kiski Valley, having admitted its first patient on Jan. 28 1909 at its original location on Second Avenue in Tarentum.

The facility moved to Harrison in 1919.

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