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| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
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| − | | peak_patient_population = 5,166 | + | | peak_patient_population = 5,166 |
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*Oneida County Alms house, | *Oneida County Alms house, | ||
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File:Rome1.jpg | File:Rome1.jpg | ||
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| − | + | '''History''' | |
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| − | [ | + | Opened in 1827 as the Oneida County Poorhouse as a 2 story building on the outskirts of Lynchville to house paupers and the insane. In 1893 the school shifted toward assisting the "unteachable mental defectives" as well as housing those patients it was already housing. In 1984 the School again changed name to the Rome State Custodial School and was developed into a "colonial system" designed around teaching job skills via labor at off site "colonies". Rome reached a peak population in 1960 of 5,166. The last resident of the facility left in October 1989 and the facility closed in November of that year. More history and pictures can be found here [http://www.museumofdisability.org/newyork_map_rome.asp] |
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