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Also known as the Industrial school for boys this facility opened in 1856 and severed a home, skilled trades training, and educational facility for boys until sometime in the late 60-70's. Access to early data on the school can be found here [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071269032?urlappend=%3Bseq=3]as part of an open source book collection held by the HathiTrust Digital Library. The books is from 1902 and contains pictures and text about the daily life of the school, it's students, and how the facility was run.
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| name = Lansing Boys Vocational School
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| image = MIlansing.png
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| established = 1856
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| closed = 1972
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| demolished =
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| current_status = [[Demolished Institution|Demolished]]
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| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]
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| location =  Lansing, MI
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| alternate_names = <br>
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*Industrial School for Boys at Lansing
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*Michigan Reform School
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}}
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==History==
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The juvenile offenders and vocational school once occupied 30 acres just east of Eastern High School. Now, the only building remaining is a field house. The school was established in 1856, housing thousands of boys at a time, and closed in 1972. The campus of cottages and vocational facilities was razed.
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==Images==
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<gallery>
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File:Lansing Boys Memorial 1.jpg
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File:Lansing Boys Memorial 2.jpg
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File:MIlansing1898.jpg| ''1898''
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File:MIlansing1906.jpg| ''1906''
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File:MIlansing1913.jpg| ''1913''
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File:MIlansing1951.jpg| ''1951''
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</gallery>
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[[Category:Michigan]]
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[[Category:Cottage Plan]]
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[[Category:Demolished Institution]]

Latest revision as of 22:39, 25 March 2014

Lansing Boys Vocational School
Established 1856
Closed 1972
Current Status Demolished
Building Style Cottage Plan
Location Lansing, MI
Alternate Names
  • Industrial School for Boys at Lansing
  • Michigan Reform School



History[edit]

The juvenile offenders and vocational school once occupied 30 acres just east of Eastern High School. Now, the only building remaining is a field house. The school was established in 1856, housing thousands of boys at a time, and closed in 1972. The campus of cottages and vocational facilities was razed.

Images[edit]