Difference between revisions of "Florida Farm Colony"

From Asylum Projects
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with '{{infobox institution | name = Florida Farm Colony | image = C011807.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = Florida Farm Colony | caption = | established = | construction_began = 1915…')
(No difference)

Revision as of 07:19, 16 November 2009

Florida Farm Colony
Florida Farm Colony
Construction Began 1915
Current Status Closed
Building Style Cottage Plan
Alternate Names Florida Farm Colony for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic Sunland Training Center



The Florida Farm Colony began in 1915 with the establishment of a legislative commission to study the needs of persons who were "feeble-minded" and epileptic. This resulted in November 1921 with the opening of the Florida Farm Colony for the Feeble-Minded? and Epileptic in Gainesville, Florida on a 3000-acre tract. This was the first state-funded program for residents with developmental challenges. It began with three buildings and 240 residents. During the New Deal in the 1930s, the PWA built several more buildings. In 1957, it became the state-run Sunland Training Center, soon followed by other Sunland hospitals across the state.

Images of Florida Farm Colony

Main Image Gallery: Florida Farm Colony