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|Body= [[Central Indiana State Hospital|Central State Hospital]] was brought into existence by an Act of the 1844-1845 Indiana General Assembly which provided for "the procuring of a suitable site for the erection of a State Lunatic Asylum." The property, consisting of 160 acres of farmland belonging to N. Bolton, was selected due to its proximity to the State Capitol. Purchased at the rate of $33.125 per acre, the property passed to the State of Indiana on August 29, 1845.  
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|Body= A 1955 act established the [[Delaware Colony for the Feeble Minded at Stockley|Delaware Colony at Stockley]] as the primary state facility for the treatment and maintenance of the mentally disabled. This facility had formerly been the Sussex County Insane Department, also under the control of the Farnhurst administration. The 1955 act served to channel the mentally disabled to the Stockley facility and the mentally ill to the Farnhurst facility, keeping a centralized administration for both.  
 
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Revision as of 10:51, 23 July 2023

Featured Image Of The Week

Destockley messickcottage.png
A 1955 act established the Delaware Colony at Stockley as the primary state facility for the treatment and maintenance of the mentally disabled. This facility had formerly been the Sussex County Insane Department, also under the control of the Farnhurst administration. The 1955 act served to channel the mentally disabled to the Stockley facility and the mentally ill to the Farnhurst facility, keeping a centralized administration for both.
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