[3] Allegheny General Hospital, also known locally by the acronym "AGH", is located in the Central Northside neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

AGH was the first hospital in Pennsylvania to be designated as a Level 1 shock trauma center.

At the turn of the century, the hospital's directors began collecting funds for a new AGH, to be built just a block away, also along Stockton Avenue.

The new space included more modern laboratory facilities: separate rooms for urinalysis, blood work, bacteriology, and autopsies.

[6] Over the years, the hospital grew; a new East Wing was added, and in 1981, a new inpatient tower, the $104 million Snyder Pavilion, was completed.