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| construction_ended = | | construction_ended = | ||
| opened = | | opened = | ||
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| demolished = | | demolished = | ||
| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] | | current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] | ||
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
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− | | location = | + | | location = |
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| peak_patient_population = | | peak_patient_population = | ||
| alternate_names =<br> | | alternate_names =<br> | ||
*Newark State School for Mental Defectives | *Newark State School for Mental Defectives | ||
− | *State Custodial Asylum | + | *State Custodial Asylum, Newark |
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− | + | Newark State School opened as an experimental branch of Syracuse State School in 1878 and became an independent institution in 1885. The original intention of the institution was to instruct females only. This changed with the first boys being admitted in 1932. | |
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:NY State custasylum2.jpg | File:NY State custasylum2.jpg | ||
File:NY State custasylum.jpg | File:NY State custasylum.jpg | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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[[Category:Closed Institution]] | [[Category:Closed Institution]] | ||
[[Category:Cottage Plan]] | [[Category:Cottage Plan]] | ||
+ | [[Category:New York]] |