Penn State Beaver is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Monaca, PA in Center Township, PA The land where the campus now exists was once a farm owned by the Hartenbach family. The family home still stands today and faces Brodhead Road. The farm s barn once stood where the Brodhead Cultural Center s amphitheater now stands. The main part of the campus s grounds has served multiple purposes throughout the years. One of its main functions was as the Beaver County Tuberculosis Sanitorium, which opened on February 14, 1923. The building, which later served as the Penn State Beaver administration building from 1965 until 2004 when the Ross Administration Building was opened, held 20 beds and its primary physicians were Drs Fred and Ruth Wilson.