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|Body= The hospital for the negro insane of Maryland, now known as the Crownsville State Hospital, was created by an act of the General Assembly on April 11, 1910, which made an appropriation of $100,000 for the purchase of land and the erection of buildings. Sections of the act creating the hospital, Chapter 250, Laws of Maryland, 1910, provided that there should be established in the State of Maryland an institution for the detention and care of the negro insane of the state. It was expressly provided that the hospital should not be located in Baltimore City.
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|Body= In 1882, Harris County Commissioners Court ordered an assessment of the feasibility of a Poor Farm. By November 1882, the first Harris County Poor Farm and County Hospital was opened near White Oak Bayou. As the County grew, the Poor Farm was relocated to property that is now part of West University. At this location, Harris County opened the first cemetery designated for paupers. In 1917 Commissioners Court decided to change the name of the Harris County Poor Farm to the Harris County Home.20 However, the name change did not catch on, and this location continued to be called the Poor Farm.
  
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It was further provided that the Board of Managers of the hospital was to consist of the Governor, ex-officio; State Treasurer, Comptroller of the Treasury, and six other persons, to constitute a body corporate under the title of the " Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland," with the power to appoint the necessary officers and agents. The act named the following persons, who, together with the Governor, State Comptroller and State Treasurer, were to constitute the first Board of Managers of the hospital: Hugh H. Young and Thomas Parran, to serve from the date of the passage of the act until the first of May, 1912; John T. Daily and William L. Marbury, to serve until the first day of May, 1914; J. Harry Covington and Henry P. Mann, to serve until the first day of May, 1916. It was provided that the Board of Managers should be divided into three classes, one-third of whom should go out of office every two years; and the Governor should have power, in case of any vacancy occurring, to appoint a person or persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies for the balance of term of said class. It was further enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland "that the Board of Managers immediately proceed to the erection, construction and equipment of suitable buildings to care for such of the negro insane of the State of Maryland as may be sent to the said hospital from time to time, in accordance with the general provisions of the acts of the General Assembly of Maryland relative to the care and treatment of the insane of the state." [[Crownsville State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
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It was during 1919 that Harris County Commissioners began to consider moving the Harris County Home and Cemetery to a new location. The County purchased 100 acres on Beaumont Highway and Oates Road in July 1921 (the Beaumont Highway was then known as Crosby Road) from E. R. and Alice Jones. When the new location opened, the name of The Harris County Home was changed to The Harris County Home for the Aged. Throughout Commissioner Court Minutes and other documents from the early 1920s, the Home for the Aged would still be referred to by such names as the County Home, the County Old Folks Home, and other variations. In June of 1929, the Commissioners Court determined that the Juvenile Probation Department would administer the Harris County Home for the Aged.  [[Harris County Poor Farm|Click here for more...]]
 
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Revision as of 05:05, 11 February 2024

Featured Article Of The Week

Harris County Poor Farm


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In 1882, Harris County Commissioners Court ordered an assessment of the feasibility of a Poor Farm. By November 1882, the first Harris County Poor Farm and County Hospital was opened near White Oak Bayou. As the County grew, the Poor Farm was relocated to property that is now part of West University. At this location, Harris County opened the first cemetery designated for paupers. In 1917 Commissioners Court decided to change the name of the Harris County Poor Farm to the Harris County Home.20 However, the name change did not catch on, and this location continued to be called the Poor Farm.

It was during 1919 that Harris County Commissioners began to consider moving the Harris County Home and Cemetery to a new location. The County purchased 100 acres on Beaumont Highway and Oates Road in July 1921 (the Beaumont Highway was then known as Crosby Road) from E. R. and Alice Jones. When the new location opened, the name of The Harris County Home was changed to The Harris County Home for the Aged. Throughout Commissioner Court Minutes and other documents from the early 1920s, the Home for the Aged would still be referred to by such names as the County Home, the County Old Folks Home, and other variations. In June of 1929, the Commissioners Court determined that the Juvenile Probation Department would administer the Harris County Home for the Aged. Click here for more...

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