Rome State Custodial Asylum

From Asylum Projects
Revision as of 15:34, 7 July 2011 by Evilavatar (talk | contribs)
Jump to: navigation, search
Rome State Custodial Asylum
Rome State Custodial Asylum
Established 1827
Construction Began 1893
Closed 1989
Current Status Active
Building Style Cottage Plan
Peak Patient Population 5,166
Alternate Names
  • Oneida County Alms house,
  • Rome State Custodial Asylum for Unteachable Idiots,
  • Rome State School,
  • Rome Developmental Center,
  • Onieda Correctional Facility



History

Opened in 1827 as the Oneida County Poorhouse as a 2 story building on the outskirts of Lynchville to house paupers and the insane. In 1893 the school shifted toward assisting the "unteachable mental defectives" as well as housing those patients it was already housing. In 1984 the School again changed name to the Rome State Custodial School and was developed into a "colonial system" designed around teaching job skills via labor at off site "colonies". Rome reached a peak population in 1960 of 5,166. The last resident of the facility left in October 1989 and the facility closed in November of that year. More history and pictures can be found here [1]