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| name = Western Oklahoma State Home | | name = Western Oklahoma State Home | ||
| image = | | image = | ||
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| opened = 1917 | | opened = 1917 | ||
| closed = 1944 | | closed = 1944 | ||
| − | | demolished = | + | | demolished = partly |
| − | | current_status = [[Active | + | | current_status = [[Active Penitentary|Active]] |
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
| architect(s) = | | architect(s) = | ||
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| peak_patient_population = approx. 400 | | peak_patient_population = approx. 400 | ||
| alternate_names =<br> | | alternate_names =<br> | ||
| − | *Western State Home for Orphans | + | * [[Western State Home for Orphans]] |
| − | *Western Oklahoma Orphanage | + | * [[Western Oklahoma Orphanage]] |
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A reunion of "graduates" was held in about 1974. Then the organizers decided it should become an annual event, so they organized annual reunions for 21 years; second weekend in June, usually at Great Salt Plains State Park, not far from Helena. In 1997 they relocated the reunion to Piney Cove on Lake Eufaula. At the time in 1997, the President of the group of alumni was George and Martha Penkins. | A reunion of "graduates" was held in about 1974. Then the organizers decided it should become an annual event, so they organized annual reunions for 21 years; second weekend in June, usually at Great Salt Plains State Park, not far from Helena. In 1997 they relocated the reunion to Piney Cove on Lake Eufaula. At the time in 1997, the President of the group of alumni was George and Martha Penkins. | ||
| − | + | (I found some un-sited sources stating the original name of the orphanage as "Cornell Agricultural College", but could find no documentation to back it up.) | |
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